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

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

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

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

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

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

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has tasked HS2 chief executive Mark Wild with testing whether stripping out complexity ...

The UK government has ordered a HS2 overhaul to cut construction time and reduce costs to taxpayers, aiming to deliver faster ...

HS2 chief executive Mark Wild’s eagerly awaited review of the project has been delayed until the summer, amid an effort to ...

Doubling tariffs on imported steel will raise cost of the metal when Iran war is already inflating steel and concrete prices ...

UK: The launch of a second TBM to drive from Old Oak Common towards Euston offers renewed hope that High Speed 2 will eventually reach its long-planned London terminus. Chris Howe reports.