UK transport secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed the majority of the preferred HS2 route from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. The government hopes new HS2 trains will carry over ...

After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, the northern leg of the long-awaited HS2 rail project has been scrapped. The Manchester leg of the high-speed project has been pushed back ...

The new HS2 Euston station will have six platforms, the government has confirmed. After years of uncertainty over the faith of the HS2 project in London, its extension from Old Oak Common to Euston ...

The route of the Manchester and Leeds section of HS2 will be announced this morning. In November last year, ministers said the line should serve the existing central station in Sheffield, after ...

HS2 has published a new set of figures outlining headway made by the project both above and below ground throughout 2025.

The UK Government has confirmed its intention to open a section of the HS2 high-speed rail link between Fradley, West Midlands, and Crewe in 2027, six years ahead of schedule. A public consultation ...

The UK Government has finally committed to moving ahead with the now vastly over-budget HS2 high-speed railway linking London to the north of England, but questions remain around delivery delays, ...

Europe’s largest archaeological dig is starting and it’s set to involve 10,000 years of British history, at least 45,000 skeletons, more than 60 sites, and 150 miles – all along the UK’s new HS2 route ...