Major plans to create “characterful” public spaces around the new HS2 station in Birmingham city centre have been recommended ...

Announced 17 years ago in January 2009 by Lord Adonis of the then Labour government, HS2 would supplement the 67-mile HS1 link between London and the Channel Tunnel to Europe with additional lines ...

Speed restrictions. Track issues. Not enough stock. These were the familiar litany of excuses doled out by train providers in the early days of the railway franchise system in the 1990s. They stuck ...

UK ministers are set to order the management of High Speed 2 to explore last-ditch attempts to cut the cost of the rail project, including reducing the speed of its trains. Mark W ...

The British government is considering lowering the maximum speed on HS2 from 360km/h in order to reduce costs and accelerate ...

HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government has ...

Officials have hailed a major step in the project's construction that will see trains travel south.

Experts believe Labour is repeating the mistakes of previous governments by 'meddling' with the project once again ...

Inverness to Aberdeen services are terminating and starting back from Huntly. Disruption is expected until the end of the day ...

Analysis by officials has shown that for every additional 1mph above lower speeds, the project's overall cost balloons by ...

New measures will protect Tata and British Steel but allow foreign pre-made parts into the UK, say industry bosses ...