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Starmer not committing to full HS2 if Sunak ditches rail route to North

Sir Keir Starmer has declined to commit to building HS2 in full if Rishi Sunak abandons plans to build the high-speed rail route to the North. The Labour leader instead urged the Prime Minister on Tuesday to “end the chaos” over the future of the ...

19 Sept 2023 at 17:44

Key dates of the HS2 rail project

HS2 has been a controversial project since plans emerged in 2009. Here is a timeline of key events: – January 2009 Labour establishes HS2 Ltd to examine the case for a new high-speed rail line. – December 2010 A consultation on a route for HS2 ...

04 Oct 2023 at 16:39

Key dates of the HS2 rail project

03 Oct 2023 at 09:21

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South-east Asia’s first high-speed railway launched in Indonesia

South-east Asia’s first high-speed railway was launched on Monday as it is set to begin commercial operations. It is a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will drastically reduce the travel time between ...

02 Oct 2023 at 09:26

Key dates of the HS2 rail project

25 Sept 2023 at 10:19

Forty-four HS2 officials paid at least £150,000 a year

Dozens of people working for HS2 Ltd are being paid at least £150,000 a year. PA news agency analysis of Cabinet Office figures shows the earnings of 44 people at the taxpayer-funded company were at that level at the end of September ...

27 Sept 2023 at 11:57

Rail firms slam ‘hugely disappointing’ decision to axe £3bn HS2 Golborne Link

Rail industry bodies reacted with fury after the Government scrapped a “vital” planned £3 billion connection between HS2 and the West Coast Main Line. The decision to axe the 13-mile Golborne Link in Greater Manchester will lead to ...

07 Jun 2022 at 15:44

Bringing HS2 to Euston will need ‘compromise’ says minister

Extending HS2 to Euston will involve “careful prioritisation of requirements” and “compromise”, the rail minister has warned. Huw Merriman told MPs the Government is using the two-year suspension of work at the north London ...

19 Jun 2023 at 12:06

HS2 ramps up work on UK’s longest railway bridge

Work on the UK’s longest railway bridge ramped up this week as HS2 began producing 1,000 enormous concrete segments. The Colne Valley Viaduct will stretch for 2.1 miles (3.4km), carrying high-speed trains some 33ft (10m) ...

09 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Bills to overhaul rail and bus services in King’s Speech

Legislation to overhaul Britain’s railways and England’s buses was included in the King’s Speech. Bills to bring train operators into public ownership, create new public body Great British Railways (GBR) to oversee the ...

17 Jul 2024 at 11:58

Nationalising train services is ‘not a practical solution’, private firms say

A Bill to bring train operation into public ownership has been described by private rail companies as a “political not a practical solution”. Rail Partners, which represents private sector train operators, said ...

17 Jul 2024 at 13:59

Rishi Sunak’s HS2 axe means Labour may need to cut demand for trains – report

Rishi Sunak’s decision to curtail HS2 means the public may need to be incentivised not to travel by train, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) said the then-prime ...

23 Jul 2024 at 13:30

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