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

HS2 will be further delayed and ultimately cost more than £100bn, critics have claimed, after it emerged only a third of the preparatory work needed for the line is complete. Just 15 of the 310 ...

The HS2 track systems have been designed for smooth operations, to run safely at speeds of up to 360km/h and diverging speeds up to 230km/h. Credit: Cory Woodward on Unsplash. HS2 has announced that ...

HS2 phase 2a reversal could strain public finances, warns taxpayer's alliance The government is reportedly planning to reverse its decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2, extending the high-speed ...

The UK’s High-Speed 2 (HS2) project, which will see a high-speed rail (HSR) spine running at speeds of up to 250mph from London to Birmingham before splitting into two branches connecting Manchester ...

HS2 is almost back on track says chief executive Mark Wild. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander vowed in the summer to ...

A great "will he, won't he" of British politics rumbled on today after Rishi Sunak repeatedly refused to say if the northern leg of HS2 will be scrapped. Asked on "BBC Breakfast" whether he was set to ...

A modern train line involves lots of cable and much of this is fibre, plus lots of ducting and while much of it may be hard to access when the train line is running, if this comms network is built ...

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There will be no unplanned delays due to HS2 track problems, the company building the high speed railway has claimed. In a UK first, infrastructure monitoring equipment such as video, lasers and ...