TAXPAYERS are facing a £10.2million bill for selling redundant property bought to make way for the cancelled northern section ...

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned. The ...

The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a “casebook example of how not to run a major project” and the ...

The Department for Transport (DfT) has clocked up around £2.7bn in losses over the past two years due to cancelled HS2 plans ...

The opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the target date of 2033, the government has confirmed, but it did not say when the high speed railway line will begin operating. Transport Secretary Heidi ...

A second major rail project has launched an internal investigation into the supply of labour after allegations of “large-scale” tax fraud at HS2, The i Paper can reveal. The TransPennine Route Upgrade ...

The UK’s high-speed rail project HS2 will not meet its scheduled 2033 completion date or stay within budget, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told Parliament on Tuesday, citing systemic failures, ...

The construction of a major tunnel on the HS2 line has taken a major step forward. The Chipping Warden tunnel in Northamptonshire will take high speed trains underground for 1.55 miles (2.5km). A ...

Earlier this year, the U.K. Dept. for Transport ordered a two-year work pause on the HS2 Euston Station in London. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. October 4, 2023 Having progressively whittled down 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 ...