HS2 in the news
- beleben: The cruel reality of HS2
- beleben: HS2 and London Midland commuting, part six
- beleben: Too large and expensive to be useful
- Slough Observer: Report says rail bosses ignored communities over HS2 complaints
- Winsford Guardian: MP reveals rising cost of HS2 amid concerns over route through Cheshire
- Bucks Free Press: Work could begin on huge HS2 construction compound next year
- Independent: French railways invest in 700mph inter-city ‘hyperloop’ super-tube train which could make HS2 obsolete
- Metro-Dynamics: Has our infrastructure become too expensive?
- Mail: Heywood called in to cut £55bn bill for HS2: Cabinet Secretary told to slash costs of the controversial line over fears it cannot be completed within its budget
- Times: HS2 and northern powerhouse drive foreign investors to UK
- Computer Weekly: How high-speed rail is accelerating innovation
- Star: Counting the real cost of HS2 Meadowhall station plan
- Mail: HS2 trains cancelled due to hedgehogs on the line
- Rail Technology Magazine: DfT criticised for ignoring environmental impact in franchise bids
- Guardian: HS2 should be run by the French
- Times: Whitehall chief to stem HS2 costs
- beleben: HS2 affordability and manageability ‘under review’
- Guardian: Top UK civil servant reviews HS2 project
- Times: Mrs Tiggy-Winkle could spike HS2 depot proposal
- beleben: Advertised in error
- Mail: Could eleven wild hedgehogs spike HS2’s new depot?
- Evening Standard: Hedgehogs could derail HS2 scheme, London Zoo warns
- Telegraph: HS2 chairman’s £475k-a-year post advertised ‘in error’ by Government
- beleben: Empty seats as a strategic objective
- mix96: Charity Could Be Another HS2 Victim
- getWestLondon: Talks of a HS2 tunnel under Hillingdon borough ‘back on the table’
- beleben: An omission of the exposition
- Express & Star: Labour transport minister: HS2 ‘absolutely vital’
- Rail Technology Magazine: Calls to tackle ‘national embarrassment’ transport links to build Northern Powerhouse
- Guardian: Lord Adonis: HS3 could be the rail revolution of the 21st century
- Yorkshire Post: Devolution has united Sheffield City Region but HS2 is a problem
- beleben: West Coast commuter capacity discrepancies
- beleben: Seven per thousand
- beleben: More advanced than what you see
- Express & Star: HS2 bosses dismiss delay claims
- Rail Professional: HS2 Ltd has more work to do on community engagement says review
- Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 warned over putting community engagement ‘second place’
- CLA: CLA takes campaign for fairness in compulsory purchase to planning minister
- Farming UK: CLA campaigns to reform ‘cumbersome and outdated’ compulsory purchase system
- Warrington-Worldwide: New Rixton Parish Councillor promises to fight HS2 threat
- beleben: HS2 and Milton Keynes commuting, part two
- Yorkshire Post: Andrew Adonis: Why it must be full speed ahead for HS2
- beleben: The West Coast problem: ‘not enough seats’, or ‘not enough empty seats’?
- Express & Star: John Prescott: HS2 costs will continue for decades
- Bucks Herald: Bucks peer blasts MPs for acting like HS2 scrutiny was a ‘chore’ as questions raised over remit of forthcoming Lords inquiry
- beleben: Now is the time
- Mix 96: People ‘Shocked’ By Height Of Wendover HS2 Barrier
- Bucks Herald: The Wendover Wall? Critics slam ‘monstrous’ barrier proposed for village
- beleben: HS2 and the competitive range
- Rail Technology Magazine: Camden Council accuses HS2 of refusing to engage with community in petition
- beleben: Crewecial preparatory work
- Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 agree to form new committee with TUC
- Transport Network: HS2 Ltd and unions join together on diversity and wellbeing
- Crewe Chronicle: How will HS2 shape future of Crewe?
- beleben: The cost and the distance
- Star: Business Monthly: ‘Make ruddy mind up’ on HS2 site
- beleben: The £583 million siesta
- London24: Andrew Marr suggests there could be ‘something sinister’ in HS2’s lack of clear data on air pollution
- London Reconnections: High Speed Buffers? HS2 in London (Part 2)
- Express & Star: HS2: EU to pay just £30m to £55bn project
- London Reconnections: High Speed Buffers? HS2 in London (Part 2)
- beleben: HS2 and British steel
- Sun: HS2 bosses ‘bleeding taxpayers dry’ by splashing out on hi-tech gadgets BEFORE a rail is laid
- Morning Star: HS2 Is Just A One-Way Ticket to Yet More Housing Hell
- beleben: As unconvincing as ever
- getBucks: Take the HS2 fight to the House of Lords, protesters are urged
- Farming UK: NFU petitions House of Lords to ensure farmers receive fair deal over HS2
- Solihull Observer: Nature charity slams plans to destroy a nature reserve to make way for HS2
- Lichfield Live: Campaigners insist MPs had “wool pulled over their eyes” in HS2 vote
- Rail: Governments in Edinburgh and London agree for Anglo-Scottish High Speed Rail services to run
- Bucks Herald: Aylesbury MP renews calls for Vale HS2 station and defends abstaining from Commons HS2 vote
- getWestLondon: Stop HS2 campaigners ‘angry and let down’ at MP’s avoiding third reading vote
- Express & Star: Don’t ignore public, HS2 chiefs are told
- Construction Index: Enabling legislation for the High Speed 2 railway line between London and Birmingham has completed its passage through the House of Commons.
- Railnews: House of Commons gives approval to HS2
- Scotsman: Alastair Dalton: No sign of fast tracking Scots high-speed rail
- Express & Star: Why we don’t need HS2
- Transport Network: HS2 Bill passes in the Commons – without compensation amendments
- beleben: Conclusions by Jim
- Transport Network: HS2 Bill amendments would see councils compensated
- Rail Technology Magazine: MPs accuse HS2 of ‘defensive communication and misinformation’
- London South East: HS2 Rail Link “Will Be Run By State Before Passing To Private Sector”
- ITV: ‘Culture of misinformation’ at HS2 company, MPs say
- Express & Star: HS2: Opponents last chance to stop £55bn ‘living nightmare’ rail link
- Express & Star: HS2: MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of controversial £55bn rail link
- Birmingham Post: Opponents of HS2 high speed rail have one final chance to stop it
- ITV: The High Speed Rail Bill for West Midlands clears third reading
- Ham & High: Camden’s MPs defy Labour whip but HS2 passes its third Commons reading
- Civil Service World: HS2 must change its defensive culture and embrace transparency say MPs
- beleben: The criteria according to Jim
- beleben: Value of a railfreight path between Preston and Carstairs
- Sun: Ministers who oppose HS2 are being sent abroad to dodge embarrassing Commons vote today
- Edinburgh News: Edinburgh-London train trip could take three hours by 2030s
- Camden New Journal: Keir Starmer and Tulip Siddiq set to ignore three-line Labour whip on final HS2 vote
- beleben: Pendolino and IEP capacity
- beleben: Chiltern electrification versus HS2
- beleben: A major milestone for vacillation
- Warrington Guardian: Labour chiefs call on Tory candidate to resign as chairman of HS2 community group
- Scotsman: Three-hour Scotland to London trains could be here by 2030s
- Herald Scotland: Plans for new routes and upgrades to cut London to Scotland train times outlined