Connor Naismith wants the government to set out plans for improving capacity north of Birmingham.

The development will help engineers progress with work on a 1.7 mile (2.7km) "green" tunnel.

The prospective plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) could be watered down if the Government allows the legal protections ...

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.

What is High Speed 2 (HS2)? In February, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave the go-ahead for the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project. HS2 aims to link London and the north of England via the midlands to ...

HS2 ran tens of billions of pounds over budget and will open years late because it was designed to be unnecessarily fast, MPs have been told. Lord Hendy, the rail minister, made the claim as he ...

In one of the most comprehensive critiques of HS2 since its conception, a report from the left-leaning think tank New Economics Foundation (NEF) calls for the high-speed rail link to be scrapped and ...

The 2.1-mile Colne Valley viaduct is about a third complete. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. December 28, 2023 With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K.'s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 ...

Network Rail has today welcomed the Government’s announcement on the proposed route of HS2 phase 2 as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform both the railway and connectivity in this country.

The Colne Valley Viaduct surpasses the Tay Bridge in Scotland as the UK’s longest rail bridge. Credit: HS2 Ltd. The UK’s HS2 high-speed rail project has completed construction of the country’s longest ...

Fascinating footage shows a huge tunneling machine called Dorothy digging underneath ancient woodland as the United Kingdom's HS2 high-speed rail project goes full-steam ahead. Dorothy, the ...

Mr Johnson said that despite "poor management" he believed in the "fundamental value" of HS2. "When it comes to advocating HS2, it must be said that the task is not made easier by HS2 Ltd, the company ...