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 ...

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 ...

LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Britain's new high speed railway line, HS2, which will connect London to the central English city of Birmingham, will be delayed beyond the 2033 opening date previously ...

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 ...

One of the viaducts for use with HS2 was pushed over the M6 this month, whilst the motorway remained open to traffic. It is thought to be the first time this operation has taken place on a UK motorway ...

HS2 has published a new set of figures outlining headway made by the project both above and below ground throughout 2025.

“HS2 Ltd has since been finalising a new range of credible cost and schedule estimates,” a statement read. In this latest ...

Could HS2 bring faster and easier journeys between the South West, South Wales and The Midlands, the North West and Scotland? CHRIS HOWE finds out.

The 10 countries from around the world that boast the quickest trains have been revealed, and the UK doesn't even make the top five. Britain actually took the number 10 spot. The fastest train in the ...