The beleaguered high-speed rail project HS2 will cost up to £102.7bn and will not be completed in full until 2043 – 17 years later than originally planned, the Government has confirmed. In a damning ...

The new Prime Minister has signalled he wants a new rail line between Birmingham and Manchester - but there are plenty of ...

The high-speed HS2 rail network is being built between London and Birmingham, after the onward leg to Manchester was axed by ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the HS2 railway may not open until 2039 - here's what else she told MPs Alexander says trains from Birmingham to Old Oak Common, west London will start running ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digging machine Florence completes HS2’s longest tunnel, a 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills, in February 2024 - Aaron ...

Running slower trains on HS2 may not save money after all, the government spending watchdog has warned. Plans to cut HS2’s top speed could result in no overall saving, despite Heidi Alexander, the ...

HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government is to order the company building the project to consider lower speeds on the line ...

The beleaguered HS2 rail project will serve “most of northern England” when the line to and from London Euston is finally completed, the rail minister has said. Lord Hendy was speaking at a ceremony ...

A large deck that will help support the seven platforms at Birmingham's new HS2 railway station has started to be built. The ...

The increase in land value around northern train stations is expected to outstrip new calculations if HS2 was restarted by ...

Andy Burnham is the new PM ...