It has been installed using the so-called "cut-and-cover" method, which involves first digging up the earth alongside the ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the HS2 railway may not open until 2039 - here's what else she told MPs Alexander says trains from Birmingham to Old Oak Common, west London will start running ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's impression of a HS2 train. (PA) A new map shows the dramatic changes to HS2 after Rishi Sunak confirmed he was "ending ...

The trains may be running late, but the Western Slopes project is already attracting birds and insects on lands around the high-speed railway ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Duddeston Junction Viaduct in Birmingham HS2 engineers have completed the first major phase of the Duddeston Junction Viaduct ...

The UK Government has finally committed to moving ahead with the now vastly over-budget HS2 high-speed railway linking London to the north of England, but questions remain around delivery delays, ...

The UK government is set to announce that the completion of the High Speed 2 rail line will be delayed and the cost will rise, faulting the previous Conservative administration for wasting billions of ...

In one of the most comprehensive critiques of HS2 since its conception, a report from the left-leaning think tank New Economics Foundation (NEF) calls for the high-speed rail link to be scrapped and ...

"It is vital that we get on board the high-speed revolution." Those were the words of UK Prime Minister David Cameron, following his government’s announcement earlier this month of its plans for the ...

A new price tag: up to between £87.7bn and £102.7bn in 2025 prices – in 2011, it was initially estimated to cost £32.7bn Previous governments were blamed for a "litany of failure" on HS2, amid years ...

Mayhew asks Alexander what the new cost figures include. He asks whether they cover the cost of all of the rolling stock (the trains) and to what extent the funding of Euston station is included.