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 ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Construction on the UK's high-speed rail line took a step forward this ...

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 ...

A new price tag: up to between £87.7bn and £102.7bn in 2025 prices – in 2011, it was initially estimated to cost £32.7bn Previous governments were blamed for a "litany of failure" on HS2, amid years ...

A German high-speed railway project likened to HS2 has been delayed after engineers incorrectly laid 1,000km (620 miles) of ...

HS2 will be further delayed and ultimately cost more than £100bn, critics have claimed, after it emerged only a third of the preparatory work needed for the line is complete. Just 15 of the 310 ...

Upgrading the UK's electricity grid is a vastly complex project. I hope the government's learned from HS2, writes John Lazar.

The Colne Valley Viaduct surpasses the Tay Bridge in Scotland as the UK’s longest rail bridge. Credit: HS2 Ltd. The UK’s HS2 high-speed rail project has completed construction of the country’s longest ...

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.