All news on the topic: HS2

The machine, named after Florence Nightingale, dug one of a pair of tunnels with a depth of up to 80 metres which will be used for HS2 trains travelling between London and Birmingham

At a special Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber Rishi Sunak will say the North and Midlands will receive £4.7billion in funds reallocated from the axed northern leg of HS2

When the River Colne Viaduct opens, trains will be able to travel up to 200mph and will cross the entire viaduct in just 40 seconds as part of the HS2 project

An official document on the 'Network North' scheme outlines plans for rail not only in the North and the Midlands, but also in London and in areas as far south as Devon

SCALED-back plans for HS2 are a waste of ­public money, a damning report by MPs says.Building just the London-to-Birmingham leg of the rail project

The total costs of the project between London and Birmingham now 'significantly outweigh benefits' following the decision to stop trains travelling at high speed any further north

Labour leader Keir Starmer said it is now 'impossible' to go ahead with the HS2 line to Manchester, which Rishi Sunak scrapped in his Tory Party Conference speech in October

HS2 boss Sir Jon Thompson admitted that the line between London and Birmingham could now cost up to £66.6billion and said the budget for the project was set 'too early'

Rishi Sunak announced the transport project 'Network North' at Tory Party conference after he scrapped the northern leg of the HS2 rail line in a shameless betrayal of the North

WOKE HS2 bosses made staff do 50 days of inclusivity training when they could have been working on the line.Employees faced a combined 344 hours’ wo

MORE than 1,300 workers at train maker Alstom could lose their jobs in the new year.The French-owned company said it would be making cutbacks after a

A major meeting takes place today in Manchester where Northern business and transport leaders will discuss how they want the regional railway to look after the Tories' HS2 debacle

HS2 chiefs are to blow £10million on growing grass beside the line.Rail chiefs started seeking a seed supplier on October 13 days after the northern

National Infrastructure Commission boss Sir John Armitt said that it would be a 'mistake' to sell land earmarked for HS2 in a rush after Rishi Sunak scrapped plans to extend the high speed rail line to Manchester

Labour’s Lou Haigh warned jobs will be lost because of the decision to cancel the high speed line to Manchester as she urged the Tories to accept they're 'at the end of the line'

A resident of a Staffordshire village, where mansions now lie empty due to compulsory purchase orders, has said he just feels "numb" after the planned HS2 line to Manchester was scrapped

The Prime Minister trumpeted a string of transport schemes that could be funded instead of completing the high-speed railway to Manchester. We examine his claims and promises

Desperate Rishi Sunak has confirmed HS2 is being scrapped between Birmingham and Manchester in a move set to spark a massive backlash at the end of Tory Party Conference

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin said the decision would "punish passengers and businesses alike"

Rishi Sunak's decision to pull the plug on the high speed trainline from London to Manchester is a damning indictment of this Government's ability to deliver what is needed

IF I were Andy Burnham I would be spitting brass tacks at Rishi Sunak’s cancellation of the northern leg of HS2.The Greater Manchester mayor has eve

Radical Rishi’s rallying cryTHE Sun has repeatedly urged Rishi Sunak to be bold. We are delighted he listened.The Tories may be well adrift in the p

Rishi Sunak has decided to axe the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester over soaring funds, despite polls suggesting the PM faces backlash from the public

PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak will today take aim at “30 years of vested interests” which he claims have held back Britain.In his sights are big busi

The Prime Minister is set to order a Cabinet meeting where top Tories are expected to formally sign the death warrant for plans to run the high speed line to Manchester