The DfT needs a credible plan for managing capacity when HS2 services commence between Old Oak Common and Curzon Street ...

The legal powers for the original section of HS2 between Handsacre in the West Midlands and Crewe in Cheshire are set to ...

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 ...

The construction of the longest "green" tunnel on the HS2 line has taken a "major step forward" with the realignment of a ...

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 ...

In one of the most comprehensive critiques of HS2 since its conception, a report from the left-leaning think tank New Economics Foundation (NEF) calls for the high-speed rail link to be scrapped and ...

Ministers have instructed officials to retain key sections of the HS2 line north of Birmingham in a move that will enable a new HS2-lite rail link to be built in the future, The i Paper can reveal.

HS2 ran tens of billions of pounds over budget and will open years late because it was designed to be unnecessarily fast, MPs have been told. Lord Hendy, the rail minister, made the claim as he ...

“HS2 needs about 170 tonnes of long product rail and switch, which can be made in British Steel Scunthorpe," he said. "Therefore, it would make sense for this plant to be the main supplier for the ...

The Colne Valley Viaduct surpasses the Tay Bridge in Scotland as the UK’s longest rail bridge. Credit: HS2 Ltd. The UK’s HS2 high-speed rail project has completed construction of the country’s longest ...

The PM criticised the HS2 company's management but said that did not detract from the value of the scheme Boris Johnson will appoint a full-time minister to oversee the project The route, to be ...

Mr Johnson said that despite "poor management" he believed in the "fundamental value" of HS2. "When it comes to advocating HS2, it must be said that the task is not made easier by HS2 Ltd, the company ...