The government is set to announce a delay of at least two more years to the HS2 project, amid revelations of a "litany of failures" causing costs to skyrocket. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is ...

Two years ago, then-prime minister Rishi Sunak scrapped phase 2 of the HS2 line from the West Midlands to Manchester – but ...

The work was carried out during a five-day rail closure - it marks a significant milestone in the project HS2 engineers have ...

HS2 has confirmed that its aim to get trains running between Birmingham and London between 2029 and 2033 "cannot be achieved" ...

HS2 has spent £37 million of taxpayers' money on properties for sections of the high-speed rail line that have since been ...

In its end-of-year update, HS2 said “significant progress” had been made during 2025, adding that the scheme is now at an ...

HS2 ran tens of billions of pounds over budget and will open years late because it was designed to be unnecessarily fast, MPs have been told. Lord Hendy, the rail minister, made the claim as he ...

The high-speed rail link between Birmingham and London has been hit by a series of setbacks and now HS2 has confirmed that ...

The prospective plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) could be watered down if the Government allows the legal protections for the HS2 leg to Crewe to lapse, experts have said.

The construction of one of the most complicated parts of the HS2 project took a step forward over the Christmas break, with the completion of two key viaduct spans over the existing railway near Water ...

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 ...

British Steel has secured a five-year contract worth £500 million to supply 70,000 to 80,000 metric tons of rail annually to Network Rail. The company recently invested £10 million to open a new rail ...