HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government has ...

Ministers are drawing up plans for a major new passenger rail line linking London, Manchester and Leeds, with HS2 set to be ...

The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

High Speed 2 - known as HS2 - was originally commissioned to run at 360km/h, which would have made its trains the fastest ...

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch ...

The UK government has ordered a HS2 overhaul to cut construction time and reduce costs to taxpayers, aiming to deliver faster ...

The taxpayer-funded body behind the High Speed 2 railway line is mounting last-ditch talks to renegotiate the project’s civil engineering contracts, as it battles to curb soaring costs on the UK’s ...

The opening of HS2 is set to miss its 2033 target date by at least two years, according to reports. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to announce the high-speed line between London and ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has tasked HS2 chief executive Mark Wild with testing whether stripping out complexity ...

UK: The launch of a second TBM to drive from Old Oak Common towards Euston offers renewed hope that High Speed 2 will ...

Passengers travelling between Aylesbury and London via Great Missenden are being urged to plan ahead as HS2 work will mean ...

You might have assumed that HS2 could not possibly become any more of a fiasco. But if so, you were gravely mistaken. Because ...