Tag: HS2
£100m cost for HS2 bat safety ‘shed’ in Buckinghamshire
GettyThe current HS2 chairman asked "did people think about the bats?" when setting the project's budget HS2 Ltd is spending more than £100m building [...]
Troubled HS2 may now run to central London, minister says
The HS2 railway line is likely to be extended to London Euston, the Transport Secretary has signalled.Louise Haigh said "it would make absolutely no s [...]
HS2: Midlands and northern England to get 'reallocated' funds
Labour says the plans are a "reannouncement" of funds from scrapping parts of the high-speed line.
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HS2 now offers 'very poor value for money', MPs warn
The scrapping of the northern legs of the rail line means it is poor value for money, MPs have said.
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HS2 northern leg 'not possible to do' says Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir says Labour will not revive the northern leg of HS2 if the party wins the general election.
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HS2 to Birmingham may cost £65bn, railway boss says
The firm's executive chair said HS2's costs had risen so much over the past decade because of poor cost estimating, changes to the project's scope, so [...]
Rishi Sunak sets out how pothole funding from HS2 savings to be used
Its spokesman, Darren Rodwell, said: "Longer-term, the government should award council highways departments with five yearly funding allocations to gi [...]
HS2: Labour criticises ‘back of fag packet’ transport plan
On the tram announcement, Transport for Greater Manchester said an extension to the line outside Terminal 2 was being looked at and on the A259, the g [...]
HS2: Are the transport links replacing high-speed rail new?
Image source, Getty ImagesEvery penny of the £36bn saved by scrapping high-speed rail to Manchester will be used for alternative rail, road and bus sc [...]
HS2: What has been built so far?
Image source, Getty ImagesBy the Visual Journalism Team BBC NewsThe northern legs of the HS2 rail link have been scrapped - but building work across [...]
Starmer: I can't promise to reverse Sunak's HS2 cuts
The government has "blown up" the HS2 rail project with billions of pounds wasted, says the Labour leader.
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Why did Rishi Sunak record video cancelling HS2 days earlier?
The transport secretary said he took the decision to cancel the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 on Tuesday, before the cabinet approved it and the [...]
Labour can not promise HS2 to Manchester – Keir Starmer
The Labour leader says Rishi Sunak has "taken a wrecking ball" to the multi-billion pound project.
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HS2 will not go to Euston without private funds
The government has scaled back plans for Euston station and is hoping for private investment.
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HS2: No new compensation for 'pain' of people affected by scrapped rail route
There will be no new money for displaced people and firms along the scrapped route, the government says.
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