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 ...

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

Ministers have instructed officials to retain key sections of the HS2 line north of Birmingham in a move that will enable a new HS2-lite rail link to be built in the future, The i Paper can reveal.

Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce plans to build a new railway line between Birmingham and Manchester just over two years after the HS2 expansion was scrapped. Rishi Sunak cancelled building the ...

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 ...