Speed 2: Cruise Control Speed 2: Cruise Control Speed 2: Cruise Control is a 1997 American action thriller film produced and directed by Jan de Bont, and written by Randall McCormick and Jeff Nathanson. It is a sequel to "Speed" (1994). The film stars Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, and Sandra Bullock—the last reprising her role from "Speed". The film was released by 20th Century Fox on June 13, 1997. "Cruise Control" follows couple Annie (Bullock) and Alex (Patric) vacationing in the Caribbean aboard a luxury cruise ship, hijacked by a villain named Geiger (Dafoe). As they are trapped aboard the ship, Annie and Alex
High-speed rail in the United Kingdom high speed rail link High Speed 3 (HS3) between Liverpool and Newcastle/Sheffield/Hull. The line would utilise the existing route between Liverpool and Newcastle/Hull, and a new route from to Sheffield will follow the same route to Manchester Victoria, and then a new line from Victoria to Sheffield, with additional tunnels and other infrastructure. Osborne suggested the line should be considered as part of a review of the second phase of High Speed 2. Initial estimates suggested a rail line with a line speed, and Leeds-Manchester journey times reduced to 30 minutes, Osborne estimated the cost to be less per mile