While the federal government considers an ambitious plan, a similar project in the UK has seen its fair share of controversies.

HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has insisted the government ‘will get HS2 trains running’ – but could not confirm a date.

The government needs to set out its intentions to address rail capacity issues north of Birmingham, an MP has said, as powers linked to building HS2 are due to expire shortly. The legal powers for the ...

Two of Europe’s leading high-speed rail engineering consultancies, Ayesa Engineering and Egis, have been appointed to provide services for the delivery of track infrastructure for HS2.

A new five-mile railway line in the Midlands could effectively connect Yorkshire onto HS2 and cut journey times between Sheffield and London by 30 minutes, a report has suggested. A new paper has been ...

An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...