UK to build new rail line between Birmingham and Manchester two years after HS2 scrapped

Plans expected to be set out alongside new Northern Powerhouse Rail proposals as Labour tries to woo voters from Nigel Farage ...
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‘HS2 made me sell my home, two years later it’s empty with the doors hanging off’

Mike Slater and his wife Jenni said their Victorian farmhouse in Cheshire has been allowed to fall into disrepair since it ...

‘Madness’: HS2 spent £37m buying homes – long after high-speed rail routes were axed

Two years ago, then-prime minister Rishi Sunak scrapped phase 2 of the HS2 line from the West Midlands to Manchester – but The Independent can reveal that bosses continued to purchase properties along ...

Christmas progress for HS2 viaducts

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 ...

HS2 opening date 'cannot be achieved' as new delays confirmed

The high-speed rail link between Birmingham and London has been hit by a series of setbacks and now HS2 has confirmed that its opening date will be pushed back ...