A Spanish-Dutch joint venture working on the HS2 project has brought in Spanish and French consultants to design track work.
A specialist rail contractor known for involvement in the HS2 high-speed rail project has completed significant vegetation clearance work along the Downpatrick and County Down Railway.
The government is looking for partners for a major public-private deal to design, build and maintain the planned HS2 Euston station terminus ...
Euston, here we come! HS2 starts digging tunnels to central London in landmark moment for long-awaited scheme - However, new station - alongside a revamped mainline station - is not due to open for 15 ...
Tunnelling work to link the HS2 high-speed train route to Euston has begun, in a major milestone for the troubled project.The first of two 1,624-tonne tunnel boring machines was set in motion on ...
The first of two boring machines was switched on in west London on Tuesday.
HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...
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Is high-speed rail doomed to fail?

Billions have been poured into high-speed rail projects such as HS2, but the people have seen little to no return on this investment. Is high-speed rail doomed to fail? We take a look and answer this ...
The government has officially committed to building a new high-speed railway line between Birmingham and Manchester. Yes, that’s pretty much what was promised in the HS2 plans that were ...
An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...
Engineers working on HS2’s complex triangular intersection outside Birmingham have successfully completed the construction of ...