Construction of HS2’s Handsacre Link, which connects the high-speed line with the West Coast Main Line, has been paused for a ...

The development of Canadian National Railway’s (CN) $4.9bn new freight line and terminal handling facility for the mining industry in northern Quebec promises to be one of the largest rail ...

The opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the target date of 2033, the government has confirmed, but it did not say when the high speed railway line will begin operating. Transport Secretary Heidi ...

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has confirmed that HS2 has been delayed yet again – and the reaction on social media was predictably withering. She told MPs there is “no route” to meet the target ...

15:14, Wed, Jul 9, 2025 Updated: 15:14, Wed, Jul 9, 2025 The HS2 high-speed train line is only about “one third complete” and up to three years behind schedule, the project’s chief executive has ...

People living near the route of the HS2 rail project said the latest delay to the scheme "extends the agony" for them. The Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, told MPs on Wednesday that ...

The disastrous HS2 scheme was delayed again yesterday, as a scathing report identified a 'litany' of failures and the rail line was labelled a '£100 billion white elephant'. Transport Secretary Heidi ...

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A contractor used a crane rather than a launch girder for one span of the Colne Valley Viaduct carrying the future UK high-speed rail line over a local road. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. August 23, 2023 ...

The UK’s controversial high-speed rail project is scheduled for completion by 2040, but will it be delivered on time? In a reader survey run on Railway Technology this February, 53% of readers said ...

21 Apr 2011By Editor Digital Edition: HS2 could send more freight down the line The proposed High Speed 2 rail line could free up capacity on existing lines that could be used for the transport of ...