The HS2 track systems have been designed for smooth operations, to run safely at speeds of up to 360km/h and diverging speeds up to 230km/h. Credit: Cory Woodward on Unsplash. HS2 has announced that ...

The National Infrastructure Commission has now published its Rail Needs Assessment for the Midlands and the North. With the HS2 Phase 2a Bill nearing completion of its passage through Parliament, this ...

Major construction projects like HS2 are engulfed in red tape The government is reportedly planning to reverse its decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2, extending the high-speed rail line from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and Keir Starmer with trains. A great "will he, won't he" of British politics rumbled on ...

"It is vital that we get on board the high-speed revolution." Those were the words of UK Prime Minister David Cameron, following his government’s announcement earlier this month of its plans for the ...

Sir John Armitt was also chairman of the 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority The construction of HS2 was always going to miss its delivery target because the plan was rushed by ministers, the government's ...

The beleaguered high-speed rail project HS2 will cost up to £102.7bn and will not be completed in full until 2043 – 17 years later than originally planned, the Government has confirmed. In a damning ...