Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line ...
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the High Speed Two link between Birmingham and Manchester would be scrapped due to rising, unsustainable costs and pledged to instead ...
HS2 high-speed train line is only a third complete, admits boss Mark Wild in bombshell update to MPs
The HS2 high-speed train line is only about “one third complete” and two to three years behind schedule, the project’s new chief executive has told MPs. Mark Wild, who was brought in to rescue HS2 ...
HS2 engineers claimed a UK-first over the weekend when they successfully slid a 4,600-tonne viaduct across the M6 without ...
Construction of the 140-mile HS2 high-speed rail line is continuing, even as the project company's acting CEO said its cost could exceed its budget by $14 billion. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. January ...
The government is set to announce a delay of at least two more years to the HS2 project, amid revelations of a "litany of failures" causing costs to skyrocket. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is ...
The 2.1-mile Colne Valley viaduct is about a third complete. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. December 28, 2023 With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K.'s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 ...
Passengers on HS2 high speed trains to and from Euston will enjoy the “most comfortable” seats on the rail network under plans being drawn up. Standard class seats will have market-leading legroom of ...
What is High Speed 2 (HS2)? In February, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave the go-ahead for the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project. HS2 aims to link London and the north of England via the midlands to ...
HS2 is blowing more than £100million on a steel mesh 'shed' to protect bats from being hit by the high speed trains. Its executive chairman chairman Sir Jon Thompson told a rail industry conference ...
Mr McLoughlin said cutting 20 minutes off journey times between London and Birmingham was "almost irrelevant". But the transport secretary said the route was "essential for the future competitive edge ...
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