The new cost range and train speed are being announced as a "reset" of the delayed, over-budget and vastly scaled-back project is carried out.

The mayor of Greater Manchester has warned of slower trains and “Armageddon” in the North if the government terminates the HS2 line at Birmingham. In 2023, Rishi Sunak controversially announced a ...

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

Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce plans to build a new railway line between Birmingham and Manchester just over two years after the HS2 expansion was scrapped. Rishi Sunak cancelled building the ...

As further delays and rising costs have been revealed for the HS2 rail line, those living near the construction site in ...

Proposals for a new train service linking London and Manchester have been put forward following the axing of HS2’s northern leg in October. London Northwestern Railway is looking to expand its service ...

HS2 trains won't running for at least another decade.

HS2 could cost more than £100 billion and may not open until 2039, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has announced.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former prime ministers Boris Johnson and David Cameron are said to have intervened over possible cuts to HS2 (Victoria Jones/PA) ...

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has called on Labour to deliver “change” for the North by recommitting at least £17bn for a new railway line between Manchester and Liverpool. A new ...

The prime minister says the government’s Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) constitutes “the biggest transport investment programme in a century”. Boris Johnson claims it will deliver “meaningful transport ...

The project has been beset with delays and problems since its inception, on Tuesday the government confirmed the latest of ...