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<p>High Speed 2 is not intended to reduce overcrowding at London Waterloo, as it has
been designed as a link between London Euston, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.</p><p>
</p><p>The 2012 Rail Investment Strategy (HLOS) has asked the industry to provide
additional peak capacity for 9,700 extra passengers into Waterloo by 2019 and has
provided funding for Network Rail to expand Waterloo and other stations. Network Rail
and South West Trains have set out plans to lengthen peak trains and South West Trains
is now in discussions with the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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