HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government has ...

The government is looking at ways to make much-delayed London to Birmingham railway line cheaper to deliver.

Ministers are drawing up plans for a major new passenger rail line linking London, Manchester and Leeds, with HS2 set to be ...

The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

HS2 trains could run slower to cut costs on embattled project - Testing the trains at their maximum speed of 360kmph would ...

High Speed 2 - known as HS2 - was originally commissioned to run at 360km/h, which would have made its trains the fastest ...

HS2 trains may be slowed down in a bid to stop the £100billion project spiralling further out of control. Ministers are ...

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch ...

Announced 17 years ago in January 2009 by Lord Adonis of the then Labour government, HS2 would supplement the 67-mile HS1 link between London and the Channel Tunnel to Europe with additional lines ...

A BRAND new high-speed rail terminal is currently under construction in the UK. The £460 million site is set to open in 2030 ...

The beleaguered HS2 rail project will serve “most of northern England” when the line to and from London Euston is finally completed, the rail minister has said. Lord Hendy was speaking at a ceremony ...

HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...