The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government is to ...

Review of High Speed Two (HS2) including: update on the programme reset, delivery progress, community impacts, land and property. Reset updateToday, I ...

HS2 chief executive Mark Wild’s eagerly awaited review of the project has been delayed until the summer, amid an effort to ...

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The government is exploring options to cut HS2 costs, reduce delays and deliver the benefits of increased rail capacity and faster journeys earlier ...

UK: The launch of a second TBM to drive from Old Oak Common towards Euston offers renewed hope that High Speed 2 will ...

Latest DfT report into project out this afternoon but will not give update on cost and schedule range which is now due by ...

The Transport Secretary has directed HS2 to assess measures that could reduce complexity, cut costs, and accelerate delivery of the high-speed rail line. The review forms part of a broader effort to ...

The British government is considering lowering the maximum speed on HS2 from 360km/h in order to reduce costs and accelerate ...

UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has told HS2 Ltd to look at lowering the maximum speed of future train ...

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 ...