The Trent Valley line, a section of the West Coast Main Line between Rugby and Stafford, will close for nine days from tomorrow (15 July) as Network Rail and High Speed 2 (HS2) engineers carry out major works.
The government has committed to “a reassessment of the evidence for better connecting Bradford and the case for a new station” as part of its study on bringing High Speed 2 (HS2) services to Leeds.
High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) chief executive Mark Thurston is to step down from his role at the end of September after six and a half years in the job.
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has begun the search for a supplier to design, operate and maintain its Automated People Mover (APM) in the West Midlands in a contract worth £270M.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) over its mismanagement of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London terminus at Euston and says it “does not know what it is trying to achieve with the station”.
Ministers have tabled a fresh set of changes to the northern leg of High Speed 2, including motorway works and modifications to Manchester Piccadilly station.
High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) has paid an additional £305.3M to Skanska Costain Strabag JV (SCS) for works on London tunnels.
There are “overwhelming” arguments in favour of delivering high speed rail to the East Midlands and Sheffield, according to a new report.
High Speed 2 (HS2) is due to begin the deck construction of a 450m long viaduct in Buckinghamshire as the first of 38 steel beams for the low carbon structure have arrived on site.
Work on High Speed 2’s Euston Tunnel construction might have halted, but the construction of the other twin bore tunnels for the project is progressing despite ground condition challenges.
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