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CONNECTIVITY CONNECTIVITY

CONNECTIVITY - 90% of the UK is within 4 hours of Birmingham, making it one of the UK s best transport hubs.

HIGH SPEED 2 (HS2) - Europe s largest infrastructure project, the HS2 will bring London within 38 minutes of Birmingham and significantly cut journey times to Manchester, Edinburgh and Newcastle. This will increase accessibility to jobs and attract businesses to the area.

Birmingham is home to HS2 s construction headquarters, and 1,500 jobs will be created in the city from now untill the project s completion and produce GBP4 billion increase in economic output per year in the West Midlands.

GLOBAL NETWORK - Birmingham Airport currently connects directly to 150 global destinations. 2017 was Birmingham Airport's busiest year yet, carrying over 13 million passengers, and the city has further ambitions of accommodating up to 20 million passengers annually.

Sources: Knight Frank, West Midlands Growth Company

2026 Birmingham to London

2033 Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds

Routes opening

BIRMINGHAM TO

Current journey time Journey time when HS2 complete

Leeds

Liverpool

Manchester Piccadilly

Nottingham