HS2 in the news
- Mirror: HS2 has divided the nation – but what are the arguments for and against the high speed railway
- Star: ‘Sheffield could not afford to miss out on HS2’
- Express: ‘Appalling lack of patriotism’ HS2 contracts worth billions go to foreign firms
- Express & Star: HS2: Second route linking Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds revealed
- Express & Star: Everything you need to know about the route HS2 will take
- Independent: Newly-built homes in Yorkshire face destruction, as Government reveals HS2 routes
- Birmingham Mail: Balfour Beatty and Carillion scoop £4bn HS2 contracts
- City A.M.: Mapped: The final HS2 route for the second phase through Yorkshire spanning Manchester and Leeds has been revealed
- Independent: Don’t fall for the HS2 myth – it’s London politicians and businesses that will benefit, not the North
- ITV: Farming family in HS2 shadow fear for their livelihood
- Guardian: HS2 supporters boast of benefits – but costs keep going off the rails Nils Pratley
- Rotherham Advertiser: Anger after Government picks controversial HS2 South Yorkshire route
- ITV: HS2 route decision shows ‘contempt’ for residents of South Yorkshire
- Telegraph: HS2 track plans: Brand-new homes to be bulldozed as final plans are revealed
- Sun: FULL STEAM AHEAD HS2 route maps, dates, contracts awarded and why the UK high speed rail project is so controversial
- Sun: HS2 CARNAGE HS2 route leaves families ‘angry and distressed’ as it’s confirmed dozens of homes will be demolished to make way for high speed rail link
- TransportXtra: High-speed rail routes to North West, East Midlands and Yorkshire revealed
- TransportXtra: HS2 costs savaged from Left and Right after “most expensive railway in the world” claim
- Guardian: HS2 contracts worth £6.6bn awarded by UK government
- Crewe & Nantwich Guardian: HS2 route will cause ‘unbelievable scars’ on Mid Cheshire, says campaigner after route is ANNOUNCED
- City A.M.: Ed Miliband brands final HS2 route decision ‘wrong and perverse’ as government confirms new homes will be demolished
- Mirror: Tory farce as ‘sneaked out’ HS2 rail line statement runs six hours late… before it’s even built
- Chesterfield News: HS2 train link for Chesterfield a ‘game changer’
- Mail: Residents are left ‘angry and distressed’ as it is confirmed newly built £200,000 homes WILL be demolished to make way for last stage of HS2 rail link
- BBC: Grayling: HS2 £100bn price tag ‘nonsense’
- BBC: HS2 reveals winners of building contracts
- beleben: The cost of HS2 jobs
- beleben: Adonis released capacity delusion
- beleben: Capex per HS2 seat
- Independent: HS2 ‘will be most expensive railway on Earth at £403m a mile’
- Times: Building of HS2 to cost £403m a mile
- Banbury Guardian: Skinner urges Grayling to ‘get real’ and reassess HS2 plans
- Mail: Ministers would love the gushing billions of HS2
- Tamworth Herald: North Warwickshire MP demands greater transparency on HS2 documents
- Construction News: HS2 has made a huge oversight with revised route
- Express: Salt marshes ‘to stick £55 billion HS2 rail line plans in mud for years’
- Rail Technology Magazine: Plans for Birmingham HS2 Curzon Street station given green light
- Birmingham Post: HS2 wins approval for revamp of world’s oldest railway terminus in Birmingham
- Yorkshire Post: Jayne Dowle: Why HS2 should be stopped in its tracks now – it’s an indulgence
- Rail Technology Magazine: DfT considers measures to reduce ‘safeguarding’ controls around HS1
- Express & Star: Green light for historic Curzon Street station to be brought back to life as part of HS2
- Bromsgrove Advertiser: Roadworks on M5 will ‘shunt’ traffic problems to Bromsgrove, says PCC John Campion
- beleben: Sham the powerhouse
- Star: Campaigners concerns over HS2 compensation offer for Doncaster estate
- Spectator: HS2 could be obsolete before it even opens
- Bucks Herald: Farmer dealt double blow in HS2 nightmare
- Star: Compensation offered to South Yorkshire residents affected by HS2 route
- Wakefield Express: MP vows to fight to get HS2 out of our area
- Rail Technology Magazine: Three rail schemes featured in NIC ‘top 12’ infrastructure priorities
- Nantwich News: HS2 will destroy Cheshire woodland, ponds and hedgerows, warns Wildlife Trust
- Guardian: Hard Brexit could halt Heathrow expansion plans, says Lord Adonis
- National Infrastructure Commission: Adonis and business leaders urge Government to press ahead rapidly with key infrastructure plans
- Times: Investment is on the wrong track
- Times: Gravy train could come off the rails
- Scotsman: FirstGroup and Stagecoach shortlisted to run HS2 railway
- Evening Standard: Foreign operators vie to run £56 billion HS2 train route
- Rail Technology Magazine: DfT reveals shortlist of three JVs for West Coast Partnership franchise
- Camden New Journal: Listed parade saved from bulldozer as HS2 chiefs abandon ventilation shaft plan
- City A.M.: HS2 set to be extended after bill for next stage outlined in Queen’s speech
- Railnews: HS2 commitment confirmed in Queen’s Speech
- Independent: Queen’s Speech: Government to announce plans for commercial space flights and ports for spaceships
- Herald Scotland: May gives in to pressure and agrees to publish any DUP deal
- Mail: HS2, space and electric cars in the Queen’s Speech
- City A.M.: The UK government has plans to build a thriving, post-Brexit space industry
- Sky News: Conservatives shoot for the moon with new laws for Queen’s Speech
- Camden council: HS2 Ltd drops plans for Alexandra Place ventilation shaft
- Express: Queen Speech: Theresa May’s bold transport plan for space travel and high speed rail
- Scunthorpe Telegraph: ‘No guarantee’ of HS2 steel contract coming to Scunthorpe
- beleben: Who wants more austerity, to pay for HS2?
- beleben: (Belatedly) speaking truth unto trainspotters
- Rail Technology Magazine: Adonis urges supply chain to ‘not be distracted by headlines’ and push on with HS2
- Sun: FULL STEAM AHEAD What is HS2 and when is work on the high speed rail line set to begin? Route maps and dates for phase two of the transport ‘game changer’
- Stratford Observer: Fears for Warwickshire’s wildlife as works on the HS2 get underway
- Star: Extra cash hopes for Doncaster residents threatened by proposed HS2 demolitions
- House of Commons Library: High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 1
- Machinery Mart: Birmingham Airport considers HS2 terminal
- Telegraph: Hyperloop One proposes London to Edinburgh trip in 50 minutes
- Times: London to Edinburgh in half an hour? No need for HS2 then
- beleben: HS2 and self-driving cars
- City A.M.: Britain can do better than the £50bn HS2 train line – we should be embracing the Hyperloop
- beleben: Getting a commuter seat at Euston
- Rail Technology Magazine: Plans to connect HS2 Interchange to Birmingham Airport being explored
- beleben: Efficiency versus vanity
- mail: HS2 faces call for an inquiry over massive PR expenses on coasters, T-shirts and tickets to party conferences
- Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 likely to create polarisation of high-skill jobs in London, LSE finds
- Guardian: Why size matters: measuring success in the world of megaprojects
- CityMetric: Are the Tories planning to cut Crossrail 2? And how can they deliver HS2 without it?
- Camden New Journal: Camden Conservatives have consistently opposed HS2 and hope the project will be dropped after June 8
- beleben: Building to cost and to time
- Rail Technology Magazine: Industry welcomes manifesto commitments to HS2
- Nottingham Post: Stop HS2 group claim banners vandalised ahead of protest march in Trowell
- Independent: Philip Hammond gets cost of HS2 wrong by £20bn in radio interview
- beleben: How to excel at muddle
- Scunthorpe Telegraph: ‘Use Scunthorpe steel & be proud’ – call from residents to back HS2 campaign
- Mirror: Tory Philip Hammond skewered in BBC interview as he gets his figures in a major muddle
- Sun: HYPERLOOP FOR THE UK? Britain may be first in Europe to get 500mph Hyperloop One train which would take just 30 minutes for London-Edinburgh route
- London Live: Camden residents fight to keep trees as HS2 threatens green spaces
- Express & Star: General Election: HS2 is most hated policy for Tory members
- Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 contracts ‘not possible’ to win without improving diversity
- TransportXtra: HS2 business is full of dubious calculations