TBM Karen will excavate the second bore of the 4.5-mile Euston Tunnel.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Passengers on HS2 high speed trains to and from Euston will enjoy the “most comfortable” seats on the rail network under plans ...

The taxpayer-funded body behind the High Speed 2 railway line is mounting last-ditch talks to renegotiate the project’s civil engineering contracts, as it battles to curb soaring costs on the UK’s ...

Launched from Old Oak Common in west London on March 16, the 1,624-ton machine - named “Karen” - will excavate the second ...

Construction of the 140-mile HS2 high-speed rail line is continuing, even as the project company's acting CEO said its cost could exceed its budget by $14 billion. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. January ...

The 2.1-mile Colne Valley viaduct is about a third complete. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. December 28, 2023 With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K.'s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 ...

HS2 will provide more track, more trains, more seats and faster journeys to improve performance and reliability across Britain’s rail network.” So says the hitherto dysfunctional organisation that has ...

Take a flight out of London heading west, and you may just catch a glimpse of a massive construction site snaking its way through the otherwise green English countryside. That is what one day will ...

HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...

The cost of the UK’s HS2 high speed rail link rose to as much as £67 billion ($85 billion), even after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dramatically shrank the project by canceling its northern leg.

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak refused comment on Monday on reports he had decided to delay a key section of Britain's planned HS2 railway - billed as Europe's largest ...