Lorries will travel through a Solihull village hundreds of times each day during the height of the HS2 construction project, newly-published plans confirm. Rail contractors have released route maps to ...

Several homes on the originally planned HS2 route are still unoccupied Ongoing uncertainty about the future of high-speed rail services means many residents living along the originally planned HS2 ...

A diversion route has been issued for M6 drivers ahead of closures around the motorway this weekend. A slip road near Birmingham Airport will be closed this weekend ahead of an HS2 viaduct operation.

After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, the northern leg of the long-awaited HS2 rail project has been scrapped. The Manchester leg of the high-speed project has been pushed back ...

Landowners on an axed HS2 route are feeling “suicidal” due to the lack of action by the Government-owned company responsible for building the high-speed railway, MPs heard. Rail consultant Trevor ...

UK transport secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed the majority of the preferred HS2 route from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. The government hopes new HS2 trains will carry over ...

The opening date of the HS2 rail project has been pushed back once again. (Getty Images) The “litany of failure” which has dogged the HS2 rail project has made the UK an international “laughing stock” ...

The drone-captured data could have a variety of use cases. All images courtesy of SenSat. Expected to open in phases between 2026 and 2033, HS2 will eventually link London, Birmingham, the East ...

The Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has the look of a foot soldier who has been lifted from the muddy trenches and into high command. The Derbyshire Dales MP is a pretty likeable guy who ...

A 1,300-tonne viaduct deck has been slid into place as part of HS2. The viaduct, which is 220 metres long and constructed from steel and concrete, was assembled alongside its final location before ...

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