ENGLAND’S troubled HS2 rail line has been hit with yet another massive cost increase and fresh delays, the government has confirmed. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander revealed the latest blow for ...

The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, and use the money for a renaissance in urban transit So it is official, as if that makes a difference. After a 15-month review ...

The HS2 saga continues after the government confirmed that the project will be delayed again while projected costs have increased. The high-speed railway has been designed to make rail journeys ...

A new price tag: up to between £87.7bn and £102.7bn in 2025 prices – in 2011, it was initially estimated to cost £32.7bn Previous governments were blamed for a "litany of failure" on HS2, amid years ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the HS2 railway may not open until 2039 - here's what else she told MPs Alexander says trains from Birmingham to Old Oak Common, west London will start running ...

A high-speed train line between London and Birmingham will be more expensive, take longer to make and go slower than previously announced. The HS2 project will cost between £87.7bn and £102.7bn (in ...

Transport secretary to give budget details of troubled high-speed line, which backers hope will stay well below £100bn The latest estimate of the cost of HS2 and a timetable to complete construction ...

John Brearley took on The Woodman in 2024 in the hope HS2 would be up-and-running in five years A Birmingham pub owner says there is a "real fear" his business may struggle to survive to reap the ...

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Ministers will not set an exact target date for the completion of HS2 after the final deadline for the long-delayed project was repeatedly missed. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander will on Tuesday ...