TAXPAYERS are facing a £10.2million bill for selling redundant property bought to make way for the cancelled northern section ...

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned. The ...

The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a “casebook example of how not to run a major project” and the ...

The opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the planned date of 2033, the Government will confirm. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to tell Parliament on Wednesday afternoon there is “no ...

The UK’s high-speed rail project HS2 will not meet its scheduled 2033 completion date or stay within budget, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told Parliament on Tuesday, citing systemic failures, ...

The U.K.'s longest railway bridge completed construction on Thursday after more than two years of work. Situated on the outskirts of London, the Colne Valley viaduct is part of the UK's High Speed 2 ...

The Department for Transport (DfT) has clocked up around £2.7bn in losses over the past two years due to cancelled HS2 plans ...

The construction of a major tunnel on the HS2 line has taken a major step forward. The Chipping Warden tunnel in Northamptonshire will take high speed trains underground for 1.55 miles (2.5km). A ...

The stunted HS2 project costs continue to rise. Credit: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images A report by the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed the true cost of the cancellation of Phase 2 ...

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 ...

Future generations will be grateful if High Speed Rail 2 is built, the boss of the controversial project has claimed. HS2 Ltd chief executive Mark Thurston said the UK must hold its nerve over the ...