, 17 January 2014 (UTC) ::::You need to find a reliable source setting out an earlier plan that had a significantly faster service for Liverpool than what is now proposed. stophs2.org is plainly POV and not a reliable for anything except what Stop HS2 thinks. Nobody disputes that under present plans Liverpool is less favoured than Manchester, in terms of journey time to London. The question is whether this is a policy change from some earlier scheme that was published.    08:58