A German high-speed railway project likened to HS2 has been delayed after engineers incorrectly laid 1,000km (620 miles) of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities ...

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 ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the HS2 railway may not open until 2039 - here's what else she told MPs Alexander says trains from Birmingham to Old Oak Common, west London will start running ...

The scandal-hit HS2 rail project may not be completed for another 17 years, the Transport Secretary has announced, while costs could exceed more than £100biliion. Heidi Alexander said the cost of ...

Upgrading the UK's electricity grid is a vastly complex project. I hope the government's learned from HS2, writes John Lazar.

The bill for Britain's new high-speed railway line, HS2, could climb to as much as 103 billion pounds ($138 billion), transport minister Heidi Alexander announced ​on Tuesday, revealing the latest ...

A widely shared social media post has falsely claimed the British government spent £100 billion ($127 billion) on its HS2 high-speed rail project. The March 24 post, opens new tab, viewed more than ...

A new price tag: up to between £87.7bn and £102.7bn in 2025 prices – in 2011, it was initially estimated to cost £32.7bn Previous governments were blamed for a "litany of failure" on HS2, amid years ...