A giant 1,600-tonne machine called Madeleine that will bore a tunnel taking HS2 trains into central London has been switched on.

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 ...

Residents give the BBC their views on the government's new Birmingham-to-Manchester rail line plan.

HS2 station will serve ‘whole country’ when line finally built, says rail minister - Lord Hendy said HS2 line and Euston ...

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

First of two 1,600-tonne boring machines drilling the 4.5 miles from Old Oak Common station switched on in London ...

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 ...

The UK government is set to announce that the completion of the High Speed 2 rail line will be delayed and the cost will rise, faulting the previous Conservative administration for wasting billions of ...

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 ...

Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.

Despite much soul-searching over UK’s inability to build infrastructure, two sections of HS2 under Chilterns are being hailed for their engineering Seventy metres down, in deep incognito beneath a ...