A medieval battlefield disturbed during the construction of an HS2 viaduct has been restored "to more or less its original ...

After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, phase two of the long-awaited HS2 rail project appears to be under threat. The Independent has exclusively revealed that prime minister Rishi ...

The UK Government has finally committed to moving ahead with the now vastly over-budget HS2 high-speed railway linking London to the north of England, but questions remain around delivery delays, ...

The government needs to set out its intentions to address rail capacity issues north of Birmingham, an MP has said, as powers linked to building HS2 are due to expire shortly. The legal powers for the ...

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch Ministers have told High Speed Two to consider running its trains at lower speeds, in an attempt to ...

HS2 has recorded more than 2,300 near-miss incidents in the past four calendar years, Construction News can reveal. A serious near miss last September saw ...

HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government has ordered the company building the project to consider lower speeds on the line ...

Announced 17 years ago in January 2009 by Lord Adonis of the then Labour government, HS2 would supplement the 67-mile HS1 link between London and the Channel Tunnel to Europe with additional lines ...

Construction of the 140-mile HS2 high-speed rail line is continuing, even as the project company's acting CEO said its cost could exceed its budget by $14 billion. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. January ...

HS2’S top speed could be slashed to slower than comparable trains in developing countries such as India, Morocco and Indonesia under the latest cost-cutting measures being considered. Ministers today ...

HS2 trains could run at slower speeds than originally planned as part of a drive to keep the costs of the major rail project down. Reducing the controversial high-speed rail's top speed from its ...

Transport Secretary says she will ‘sort out’ HS2 and confirms opening will be delayed Named Madeleine, in tribute to Madeleine Nobbs, the former president of the Women’s Engineering Society, the ...