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

You might have assumed that HS2 could not possibly become any more of a fiasco. But if so, you were gravely mistaken. Because ...

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

Ministers are drawing up plans for a major new passenger rail line linking London, Manchester and Leeds, with HS2 set to be ...

UK ministers are set to order the management of High Speed 2 to explore last-ditch attempts to cut the cost of the rail ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Edge, 74, said further uncertainty now shrouds the future of his business after transport minister Heidi Alexander announced ...

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 ...

Ministers have instructed officials to retain key sections of the HS2 line north of Birmingham in a move that will enable a new HS2-lite rail link to be built in the future, The i Paper can reveal.

The government is looking at ways to make much-delayed London to Birmingham railway line cheaper to deliver.

An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...

HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...