After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, phase two of the long-awaited HS2 rail project appears to be under threat. The Independent has exclusively revealed that prime minister Rishi ...

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, ...

Sir John Armitt was also chairman of the 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority The construction of HS2 was always going to miss its delivery target because the plan was rushed by ministers, the government's ...

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch Ministers have told High Speed Two to consider running its trains at lower speeds, in an attempt to ...

HS2 trains could run at slower speeds than originally planned as part of a drive to keep the costs of the major rail project down. Reducing the controversial high-speed rail's top speed from its ...

Proposals by HS2 to restore an old station building in central Birmingham have been approved, but the government has been urged to "get on with the high-speed railway". A Birmingham City Council ...

HS2 has confirmed that its aim to get trains running between Birmingham and London between 2029 and 2033 'can not be achieved'. Birmingham's Curzon Street Station is currently taking shape in the ...

Construction of the 140-mile HS2 high-speed rail line is continuing, even as the project company's acting CEO said its cost could exceed its budget by $14 billion. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. January ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many locals feel the Bellingham Bridge is overshadowing their homes. Residents living near a huge HS2 bridge have told how the ...

HS2 has been accused of an “appalling” waste of taxpayer money after a £7.5m mansion bought as a result of the high-speed rail project sat empty for years before going on the rental market for £12,500 ...

Red to go: Mark Wild, chief executive of HS2 (left) and rail minister Lord Hendy at the ceremony to begin the last stretch of tunnelling to London Euston (Simon Calder) Get Travel Insider with Simon ...