A huge viaduct weighing 4,200 tonnes has been slid into position.

HS2 trains will run slower than planned to save money, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is set to announce. A major review ...

Heidi Alexander told the Commons the railway, estimated in 2011 to cost £32bn, had become "a symbol of this country's decline ...

A new reviews confirms the high-speed rail line's "original sins" include a technical design, changing political priorities ...

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article in which he called for the project to be scrapped ...

Confirmed timelines will allow early planning work to progress ahead of the Interchange Station opening, paving the way for a ...

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - The bill for Britain's new high-speed railway line, HS2, could climb to as much as 103 billion pounds ($138 billion), transport minister Heidi Alexander announced on Tuesday ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave a significant update on the costs and timetable of the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project, which has suffered major delays and spiralling costs ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- Completing the shortened leg of the UK’s HS2 high speed rail link offers taxpayers “very poor value for money,” while problems with the planned London terminus and how the new trains ...