Inaction on the third runway threatens Heathrow’s status as a global hub. Any serious growth policy would seek to address this. But HS2 is also a cautionary tale for what can go wrong with ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and Keir Starmer with trains. A great "will he, won't he" of British politics rumbled on ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has insisted the government ‘will get HS2 trains running’ – but could not confirm a date.
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 ...
After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, phase two of the long-awaited HS2 rail project appears to be under threat. The Independent has exclusively revealed that prime minister Rishi ...
A dairy farmer who won a fight to stop almost half of his land being seized for the scrapped HS2 rail line between Birmingham and Manchester says the family farm could be under threat again. John Edge ...
The 2.1-mile Colne Valley viaduct is about a third complete. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. December 28, 2023 With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K.'s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 ...
The company will also deliver around 77 rail expansion devices for the track on viaducts and bridges. Credit: Michaela from Pixabay. Railroad equipment supplier voestalpine Turnout Technology UK has ...
Walking into the former Typhoo Tea factory in Birmingham three years ago, it took some imagination to visualise a bustling media hub close to a gleaming rail station. “There wasn’t a pane of unbroken ...
The construction of HS2 was always going to miss its delivery target because the plan was rushed by ministers, the government's former infrastructure chief has said. Sir John Armitt, who ended his ...
A great "will he, won't he" of British politics rumbled on today after Rishi Sunak repeatedly refused to say if the northern leg of HS2 will be scrapped. Asked on "BBC Breakfast" whether he was set to ...