I've spoken to Leeds City Council and here's their thoughts on today's announcements. Revised plans for the HS2 rail link which could mean two high-speed trains an hour stopping in Chesterfield have ...

Landowners on an axed HS2 route are feeling “suicidal” due to the lack of action by the Government-owned company responsible for building the high-speed railway, MPs heard. Rail consultant Trevor ...

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 ...

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 government has admitted it does not know how much HS2 will ultimately cost - or when high speed trains will be running on the beleaguered rail project. Dame Bernadette Kelly, the top civil servant ...

Billions of pounds saved by scrapping an extension of the controversial HS2 rail project have been used to fund 'surface ...

HS2 has completed the heaviest and longest single-stage viaduct deck slide so far in the project. The 4,500-tonne deck was slid across a road and railway line near Wendover in Buckinghamshire, near ...

The new year has not begun but already a strong candidate has emerged for word of 2025: it’s “reset”. We’ve just seen one in Keir Starmer’s overhaul of government priorities. Now again, with Mark Wild ...

Revised plans for the HS2 rail link which could mean two high-speed trains an hour stopping in Chesterfield have been welcomed by town leaders. Image source, HS2 Chesterfield Borough Council leader ...