An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...

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 ...

Spiralling costs, severe environmental damage and unproven use cases mean rumours of failure around high speed rail network project HS2 are growing. In August 2019, HS2 was sent to independent review ...

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 fate of HS2 has become one of the most contentious infrastructure debates in Britain. With costs now exceeding £66 billion, opening dates pushed well beyond 2033, and fresh allegations of fraud ...

When Britain cut back a planned high-speed rail line, some residents on the route were pleased. They’re less delighted with what happened next. By Stephen Castle Reporting from Whitmore, England, near ...