The cost of the UK’s HS2 high speed rail link rose to as much as £67 billion ($85 billion), even after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dramatically shrank the project by canceling its northern leg.

What is High Speed 2 (HS2)? In February, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave the go-ahead for the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project. HS2 aims to link London and the north of England via the midlands to ...

LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Britain is cancelling the construction of a key section of the costly HS2 high-speed railway, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday, angering people and businesses in ...

Around a quarter of HS2 will go through tunnels - Approximately 23% of the tracks that will make up HS2 and 18% of the ...

LONDON (Reuters) -A section of Britain's new high speed railway line, HS2, which hopes to connect London to northern England, ...

The mayor of Greater Manchester has warned of slower trains and “Armageddon” in the North if the government terminates the HS2 line at Birmingham. In 2023, Rishi Sunak controversially announced a ...

“Thanks to HS2, this region will be just 38 minutes from central London — about Zone 5 on the Tube map,” West Midlands mayor ...

HS2 said it had fully completed work on what it called "the UK's longest railway bridge". Colne Valley Viaduct, which runs for 2.1 miles (3.3 km), is located near Denham, Buckinghamshire, and is the ...

Activists say the high-speed rail link will cause ‘immense and irreversible destruction to the environment during a climate and ecological emergency’. Environmental activists are planning a “national ...

The HS2 high speed rail line appeared almost certain to go to Euston as No10 stressed it was “how not if”. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has given the strongest signal yet that the high speed ...

Looking north across the site for the Birmingham terminus of the new HS2 railway line. Credit: Geof Sheppard via Wikipedia. Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM (EKFB) has awarded a contract to Trimble and ...

The bridge will carry high-speed trains 10m above the surface of Colne Valley lakes, River Colne and Grand Union Canal HS2 said it had fully completed work on what it called "the UK's longest railway ...