An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a ...

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned. The ...

HS2 is an example of “how not to run a major project” and the Government “must not waste” its latest opportunity to reset the ...

MPs were left speechless after a team of experts admitted they had left out HS2 of their investigation into the government’s poor handling of major infrastructure projects. Politicians on a ...

Spiralling costs, severe environmental damage and unproven use cases mean rumours of failure around high speed rail network project HS2 are growing. In August 2019, HS2 was sent to independent review ...

Plans to build a long-awaited £2.5bn Leeds tram system are at risk of never happening as the project is already embroiled in delays and cost rows with echoes of the doomed HS2 project, insiders have ...

When Britain cut back a planned high-speed rail line, some residents on the route were pleased. They’re less delighted with what happened next. By Stephen Castle Reporting from Whitmore, England, near ...

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Siemens (SIEGn.DE), opens new tab on Monday lost a legal challenge over a 2 billion pound ($2.48 billion) contract to build a fleet of new trains for Britain's beleaguered ...