The HS2 track systems have been designed for smooth operations, to run safely at speeds of up to 360km/h and diverging speeds up to 230km/h. Credit: Cory Woodward on Unsplash. HS2 has announced that ...

HS2 phase 2a reversal could strain public finances, warns taxpayer's alliance The government is reportedly planning to reverse its decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2, extending the high-speed ...

A great "will he, won't he" of British politics rumbled on today after Rishi Sunak repeatedly refused to say if the northern leg of HS2 will be scrapped. Asked on "BBC Breakfast" whether he was set to ...

“HS2 Ltd has since been finalising a new range of credible cost and schedule estimates,” a statement read. In this latest ...

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 UK’s High-Speed 2 (HS2) project, which will see a high-speed rail (HSR) spine running at speeds of up to 250mph from London to Birmingham before splitting into two branches connecting Manchester ...

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Birmingham’s Curzon Street Station is currently taking shape in the heart of the city but the divisive high-speed railway ...

The new boss of the beleaguered and massively over-budget HS2 rail scheme today refused to apologise for it spending £100million on a tunnel for bats. Mark Wild told MPs the much-criticised and eye ...

There will be no unplanned delays due to HS2 track problems, the company building the high speed railway has claimed. In a UK first, infrastructure monitoring equipment such as video, lasers and ...