The Social Democrat government entering in 2019 stated they want to build them, as of 2019 construction has to start on all lines. Ukraine In the early 2000s, Ukraine planned to build 2593 km of upgraded high speed rail tracks between 2005 and 2015. The rolling stock was purchased in 2010. However, the maximum operating speed in Ukraine is still 160 km/h, and subsequent lack of maintenance has caused a number of derailments. In 2011, a Moscow-Kyiv high-speed line was proposed, but Ukraine canceled the project following the 2014 conflict between the two countries. Russia, which had already purchased the rolling stock for the planned rail line to Kiyv, instead deployed the trains on the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod line. In October 2017, it was claimed that a 330 km line between Lviv and Warsaw would begin construction in 2018, but the project has yet to break ground. United Kingdom High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed rail line mainly between London and Manchester, which will connect cities both directly and indirectly via connections to the existing British railway network. The first phase of High Speed 2 will connect London and Birmingham and is expected to be completed between 2029 and 2033. The second phase will connect Birmingham to Manchester, and a new East Midlands Hub station which will serve Nottingham and Derby. The first phase is currently under construction. High Speed North is a proposed east–west line connecting Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds which will also connect to HS2. Beyond HS2 Report. In May 2018, Greengauge 21 released a report entitled ‘Beyond HS2’ which looked at how the rail network could develop by 2050. It proposed several projects: New High Speed Line from Colchester and Cambridge (via Stansted) to Stratford (possibly extending to Canary Wharf) A New Higher Speed Line from Perth and Dundee to the Shotts Line A new High Speed Line avoiding Motherwell A new connection between the HS2 Eastern Leg and Kingsbury allowing services to continue to Bristol, Cardiff and Plymouth via Cheltenham Spa. A new link between WCML and Crossrail A new link between Langley and Heathrow A new link between Richmond and Waterloo to Heathrow T2 A new link between Heathrow and Staines A new Northern Powerhouse Rail A new line between Darlington and Newcastle North America Canada Although Canada does not currently have high-speed rail lines, there have been two routes frequently proposed as suitable