An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a ...

Services between London and the Midlands will be slashed after problems reported with trains made by Hitachi ...

The HS2 project has come under fire after new estimates revised the costs up by billions, while the opening of the route has been delayed. The troubled HS2 has raised concerns that Britain is becoming ...

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - The bill for Britain's new high-speed railway line, HS2, could climb to as much as 103 billion pounds ($138 billion), transport minister Heidi Alexander announced on Tuesday ...

A widely shared social media post has falsely claimed the British government spent £100 billion ($127 billion) on its HS2 high-speed rail project. The March 24 post, opens new tab, viewed more than ...

Bosses at HS2 dined out on meals costing the taxpayer more than £500 a time, The Independent can reveal, as it emerged that the cost of the beleaguered project could spiral to more than £100 billion.