Asked about such calls to abandon HS2, Birmingham Council’s leader John Cotton said this week: “Firstly, it proves [Reform] ...

Engineers working on HS2's complex triangular intersection outside Birmingham have achieved a key milestone.

A contractor used a crane rather than a launch girder for one span of the Colne Valley Viaduct carrying the future UK high-speed rail line over a local road. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. August 23, 2023 ...

HS2 will be further delayed and ultimately cost more than £100bn, critics have claimed, after it emerged only a third of the preparatory work needed for the line is complete. Just 15 of the 310 ...

The first of two tunnelling machines has begun excavation works between Old Oak Common and Euston Station as part of HS2’s final 4.5-mile stretch into central London. The works mark a major milestone ...