HS2 in the news
- Star: HS2 Meadowhall option still on table, minister tells debate
- Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 Sheffield Meadowhall station ‘still on the table’
- ITV: Resident opposes HS2 with sign seen on Google Maps
- Rail Technology Magazine: Camden to build HS2-funded replacement homes for affected residents
- Telegraph: Man who ran George Osborne’s Treasury comes out against High Speed Two
- Rail Technology Magazine: Go-ahead in sight for HS2 Bill as Lords reject bid to block project
- Institute of Economic Affairs: HS2 will cost the taxpayer £80 billion
- TransportXtra: Fresh controversy about HS2 costs as Royal Assent nears
- High Speed UK: Massive Increase in HS2 Tunnelling Through English Countryside
- Rotherham Advertiser: Miliband secures HS2 debate in Commons
- New Civil Engineer: Complex ground conditions could hike HS2 cost
- beleben: May the farce be with you
- Yorkshire Post: Is funding HS2 more important than care for the elderly asks Wakefield Council leader
- Winsford Guardian: Winsford Salt Mine at ‘high risk’ of collapse with new HS2 route, report reveals
- Birmingham Mail: Laws allowing HS2 to go ahead approved by Parliament
- Yorkshire Post: Lords block last-minute bid to derail HS2
- Transport Network: The ‘stop HS2’ lobby has been defeated in the House of Lords over an amendment that would have prevented the passage of the HS2 Hybrid Bill
- Evening Standard: HS2 set to go ahead after House of Lords oppose bid to block long awaited rail project
- Grimsby Telegraph: Direct train from Cleethorpes to London may happen – but not for 16 years
- Construction Enquirer: CH2M explores £3bn merger with Atkins
- Global Construction Review: Engineering giants CH2M and Atkins in “gamechanging” merger talks: report
- Warrington Guardian: Almost 9,000 people to be affected by HS2
- beleben: HS2 and level boarding, part two
- Mirror: HS2 section of railway in ex-mining area ‘at high risk of COLLAPSE’, report warns
- Times: Pensions outrage over tax deal for HS2 firm
- Times: HS2 at risk of collapse in former mining area
- Yorkshire Post: Chris Grayling: My high-speed vision for future of Yorkshire transport
- South Yorkshire Times: Ed Milliband vows to continue fighting HS2 through Doncaster
- Nottingham Post: Hopes HS2 could see ‘Maid Marian Line’ opened to passengers
- Birmingham Post: HS2 unveils new chief executive
- beleben: After five months of struggles
- Financial Times: HS2 appoints new chief executive, denies conflict of interest
- City A.M.: HS2 announces CH2M’s European boss Mark Thurston as new chief executive
- Times: HS2 recruits permanent boss from US advisers
- Construction Index: HS2 belt tightening starts at the top
- Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 reveals eight South Yorkshire parkway station proposal sites
- beleben: HS2 and the funding envelope
- TaxPayers' Alliance: Scrap HS2: Peer’s ‘Fatal Motion’ offers last chance to save the nation £90 billion
- Nottingham Post: Is the Government about to make U-turn on Midlands Mainline electrification promise?
- Lichfield Mercury: ‘No current plans’ to replace aging Pendolino trains on fast Lichfield to London Euston rail route
- Transport-Watch: Open Letter to Sir David Higgins 23rd January 2017
- Derby Telegraph: Government confirm HS2 cannot buy Long Eaton land not linked to building of the line
- Burton Mail: HS2 action group claims people turned away from information meeting as venue was too small
- Telegraph: High Speed 2 has been mis-sold to the public, says construction boss
- City A.M.: Government starts hunt for company to build HS2 trains in £2.75bn contract
- BBC: UK looks for HS2 train-builder
- beleben: HS2 and level boarding
- ITV: Wanted: Company to build trains for HS2
- Rail: The search begins for manufacturer of HS2 trains
- Rail Technology Magazine: Search starts for company to build £2.75bn HS2 fleet
- Star: Transport secretary ‘stretched truth’ over HS2, say South Yorkshire MPs
- New Civil Engineer: Lords thwart Camden’s bid for Euston HS2 delay
- Railnews: HS2 train procurement launched
- beleben: Leading the way in increasing greenhouse gases
- beleben: Way we won’t
- Rail Technology Magazine: Government agrees ‘fair’ HS2 compensation for Camden residents
- beleben: Justified and ancient
- Railnews: Government gives way on HS2 blight claims
- Farming UK: HS2 not allowed to buy land through compulsory purchase, Lords say
- Planning Resource: Mineral extraction expedited due to HS2
- Leicester Mercury: HS2’s impact on Leicestershire: County Hall weighs up pros and cons
- Transport Network: DfT drops land purchase powers from HS2 Bill
- Rail Technology Magazine: DfT admits that controlling HS2 costs will be ‘challenging’
- Gov.UK: HS2 Phase One: government response to the Lords Select Committee report
- City A.M.: Controlling costs of £55.7bn HS2 project will be “challenging”, admits Department for Transport
- Bucks Herald: HS2: Government climb down on compulsory land purchases
- Rail Technology Magazine: Camden Council forces DfT to review HS2 Bill amendments
- Lichfield Mercury: MP fears Lichfield could lose fast trains to London Euston in post-HS2 WCML rail services shake-up
- Star: HS2 proposals for Sheffield is ‘looking like a cut price option’
- Warrington Guardian: Estate agents say there is ‘no need to panic’ over HS2
- Tom Osman: How the invention of Hyperloop will set fire to £100 billion of your money.
- beleben: Just to be ‘unclear’ about HS2 demand and usage
- Construction Index: Lords amendments to HS2 Bill
- Mirror: Ministers REFUSE to guarantee British steel will be used to build £55.7billion HS2 railway
- Kentnews: 90 minute train service from Dover to London ‘probably as fast as it can be’ admits transport chief ahead of south eastern rail franchise consultation
- Northwich Guardian: ‘Northwich faces host of problems from construction of HS2’
- Rotherham Advertiser: People still don’t know impact of HS2″
- Guardian: Rail strike: search goes on for a job Failing Grayling can’t do badly
- Times: British experts on track to make 750mph travel a reality
- getBucks: ‘Toxic organisation’ HS2 are ‘deliberately targeting’ heritage assets as 900-year-old house is under threat
- beleben: Where there is ‘massive’ traffic
- Edinburgh News: Superfast train to take you from Edinburgh to London ‘in 30 minutes’
- ITV: HS2 Action group formed to fight against planned route
- Star: Sheffield to London in under 18 minutes: 760mph train could become reality after moving a step closer
- Times: Leavers on the line: two more HS2 bosses quit
- Wadsworth: “Lawyer launches petition against HS2 after saying she will have no choice but to sell her home”
- beleben: Tracks are empty most of the time
- beleben: How credible are HS2 demand forecasts?
- Rail Technology Magazine: Treasury committee chair claims HS2 demand forecasts lack credibility
- TransportXtra: London-West Midlands route is the big flaw in HS2
- New Civil Engineer: ‘Serious concern’ over HS2 demand forecast
- Woodland Trust: HS2 Ltd still failing the environment
- Birmingham Mail: HS2 prompts rugby club to plan new home
- Transport Network: Senior MP questions credibility of HS2 forecast
- City A.M.: Treasury committee chair calls into question the government’s HS2 figures
- Times: No rhyme or reason for HS2
- Nottingham Post: ‘Stunning views from this beauty spot could be ruined by HS2’
- Guardian: UK countryside at risk in rush to declare Britain ‘open for business’
- Property Wire: UK Government urged to address concerns about high speed rail route asap
- Mail: Seven million trees will be planted on the HS2 train route including Britain’s most endangered native species