Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a ...

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned. The ...

The opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the planned date of 2033, the Government will confirm. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to tell Parliament on Wednesday afternoon there is “no ...

Ministers are drawing up plans for a major new passenger rail line linking London, Manchester and Leeds, with HS2 set to be ...

HS2 will provide more track, more trains, more seats and faster journeys to improve performance and reliability across Britain’s rail network.” So says the hitherto dysfunctional organisation that has ...

Operators of a concrete plant supplying the HS2 project in the south of Staffordshire have been granted permission to amend ...

UK ministers are set to order the management of High Speed 2 to explore last-ditch attempts to cut the cost of the rail ...

The UK government is set to announce that the completion of the High Speed 2 rail line will be delayed and the cost will rise, faulting the previous Conservative administration for wasting billions of ...

The UK’s high-speed rail project HS2 will not meet its scheduled 2033 completion date or stay within budget, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told Parliament on Tuesday, citing systemic failures, ...

The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

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

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