Ministers are stepping in to get a grip on the spiralling cost of HS2, the Transport Secretary has said. Louise Haigh blasted the “dire” handling of the high speed rail project, which has been ...

A proposal to build a cheaper alternative to the scrapped northern section of HS2 has been unveiled - which it has been claimed will be just 15 minutes longer than the initial plans. A report ...

Image caption, The HS2 site where the Bree Louise pub once stood Craig and Karen moved out of London to a cheaper area on the south coast while they fought for compensation from HS2. Since then ...

Ministers will oversee the building of the HS2 rail line as the Government attempts to get hold of soaring costs for the project. There have been warnings that overall spend of the high-speed ...

The Government is poised to approve the extension of HS2 into Euston station, despite concerns it could saddle the taxpayer with billions of pounds in extra costs. The move will ensure that the ...

HS2 Ltd has unveiled test designs for its high-speed trains, including what it hopes will become the most comfortable seats on any UK rail service. Standard class seats will have market-leading ...

A short extension - less than half a mile on - would allow HS2 into St Pancras, opening up an array of connections, including to HS1, better known as the Eurostar.

Time is short for the government on HS2. That’s been the message this week as politicians and executives gather at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Two key stories have emerged over the ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to stomp all over the former-Conservative government's plans to scale back HS2 in this month's Autumn Budget. She is expected to approve the extension of HS2 into ...

HS2 spending is set to be reviewed amid concern the cost of the project could have been underestimated by £10 billion. Louise Haigh, the Transport Secretary, has announced the Government will be ...

Downtown is an area where languages and tastes mingle and former 18th-century mansions share the street with ultra-modern architecture. At the northern edge of downtown is the Quarter des ...