Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

HS2 is an example of “how not to run a major project” and the Government “must not waste” its latest opportunity to reset the ...

Senior executives in charge of the £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project must regularly assess its cost to avoid huge ...

HS2 will provide more track, more trains, more seats and faster journeys to improve performance and reliability across Britain’s rail network.” So says the hitherto dysfunctional organisation that has ...

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 ...

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The U.K.'s longest railway bridge completed construction on Thursday after more than two years of work. Situated on the outskirts of London, the Colne Valley viaduct is part of the UK's High Speed 2 ...

Progress is also being made on the viaducts that will carry HS2 services into the city centre, with the massive Curzon 2 ...

Construction has finished on HS2's longest tunnel, which includes extensions with ventilation holes carved out to prevent sonic booms. Trains travelling at 200mph will take only three minutes to go ...

Engineers working for the HS2 project have completed the last of more than 2,000 concrete piles that will underpin the foundations of Birmingham's Curzon Street station, with new ...

Construction on the UK's high-speed rail line took a step forward this month as engineers began installing the first platforms at Old Oak Common station in west London. The activity signals movement ...