HS2 in the news
- beleben: The ‘transformational’ effect of HS2
- beleben: Alstom plans for HS2, part two
- Birmingham Mail: HS2: Will double decker trains be coming to Birmingham?
- Coventry Telegraph: Double-decker train plan for HS2 put forward by French train maker
- Express & Star: HS2: National Trust fears controversial rail link being ‘rushed’
- beleben: Alstom plans for HS2
- London Reconnections: High Speed Buffers (Part 3): Are There Limits to Commuting?
- Transport Network: Review of Hybrid Bills process launched to boost infrastructure
- Star: Government ‘fully committed’ to HS2 in Sheffield region
- Telegrapgh: Plan to put double-decker trains on HS2 rail line
- Sheffield Telegraph: Sheffield ‘could miss out’ on HS2 as scheme comes under review
- Rail Technology Magazine: Manchester arm could be axed as HS2 admits ‘nothing is ruled out’ in cost-cutting
- Transport Network: HS2 Ltd committed to Euston, despite Khan’s doubts
- Spectator: Don’t believe the Tory grumbling: HS2 is on the way
- Lichfield Live: Michael Fabricant calls for new stop to connect Lichfield trains with HS2 station in Birmingham
- beleben: HS2 and Crossrail 1 crowding
- Camden New Journal: New Mayor of London Sadiq Khan suggests HS2 should end at Old Oak Common – and not Euston
- ITV: Labour: Plans to cut Sheffield from HS2 ‘unacceptable’
- Evening Sandard: Sadiq Khan calls for rethink over HS2 terminus at Euston
- beleben: Original incorrect data
- beleben: High heels and excellent education
- Rail Technology Magazine: Campaigners ‘not convinced’ of benefits of increased open access
- Covenentry Observer: Coventrians urged to speak out to protect inter-city train services
- Yorkshire Evening Post: Bye bye trolleybus, hello HS2: Why high-speed rail is key to better public transport in Leeds, and vice versa
- Out-Law: UK government to trial ‘open’ contracting on High Speed 2
- New Civil Engineer: Pre-HS2 Midlands upgrades urged
- Bucks Free Press: Dust, noise and green spaces: MP Robert Goodwill reassures Ealing residents over HS2 woes
- Times: New homes and HS2 face delays from shortage of archaeologists
- Telegraph: HS2 may not even reach Manchester as Department for Transport faces having project taken out of its control
- Mail: HS2 and homebuilding schemes ‘at risk of delay’ because Britain is running out of archaeologists to examine relics dug up during construction
- BT: HS2 among infrastructure schemes ‘at risk due to shortage of archaeologists’
- National Trust: National Trust response to HS2 Phase 2A Consultation – still more to do
- Rail Technology Magazine: UK rail has worst performance figures in a decade
- Northampton Chronicle: South Northamptonshire MP vows to defend right to speak out over HS2 rail link
- Birmingham Mail: What is HS2?
- Farming UK: ‘HS2 must work with landowners to find the right land or risk failing the environment’
- Coventry Telegraph: Coventry’s fast trains to London could be cut to improve journey times from Birmingham
- Camden New Journal: Gagged: HS2 opponents from Camden blocked from giving evidence to the House of Lords
- Birmingham Mail: First class carriages on West Coast Main Line to be cut to reduce overcrowding
- Camden New Journal: No right to complain as autocracy rules over HS2
- beleben: Misrepresentation of Euston commuting
- beleben: HS2 and the percentage of business trips
- Transport Network: West Coast franchise plans aim to tackle overcrowding
- Rail Technology Magazine: More trains on crowded InterCity West Coast may be delayed until after HS2
- Bucks Free Press: Help save our woods, says leading conservation charity
- Times: Disruption looms as HS2 starts station work early
- Manchester Evening News: Council leader rubbishes reports that Manchester Airport has been axed from HS2 route
- Infrastructure Intelligence: Cutting Manchester Airport link to HS2 grossly unacceptable, says Tony Lloyd
- Hertfordshire Mercury: Hertfordshire County Council to oppose HS2 rail project
- Camden New Journal: Flats facing years of HS2 chaos to be named after… Lakeland fells
- beleben: Misinformation from the top
- South Yorkshire Times: Building work starts on Doncaster’s new rail college
- Northampton Chronicle: HS2 campaign group hit at bid to block group including South Northants MP from lobbying Government
- Transport Network: HS2 Ltd ‘jump the gun’ on early works as Lords examine Bill
- RailNews: Ground broken on high-speed rail college sites
- BBC: South Yorkshire HS2 rail college construction starts
- BBC: HS2 headquarters to move from London to Birmingham
- Rail Technology Magazine: ‘Euston, we have a problem’
- Times: Stations and links at risk in HS2 ‘wreck’
- Telegraph: ‘Dictatorial’ HS2 to bar hundreds of victims from objecting
- Mail: Now HS2 really is taking Liberties
- Telegraph: Made by China: the UK is on the frontline of the next industrial revolution
- Rail Engineer: Closer running: is it feasible?
- getWestLondon: HS2 line will have ‘colossal impact’ on Ealing, Minister told as he meets residents
- beleben: Representation without taxation
- beleben: Too large and expensive to be useful
- Express & Star: Stafford HS2 connection at risk due to cost cuts
- Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 efficiency amendment fails to gain backing of Lords
- 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