The new facility is anticipated to create nearly 180 local job opportunities. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. The UK’s HS2 has unveiled a new rail freight facility, the Infrastructure Maintenance Depot, ...

Nearly 3000 tunnel segments driven over 100 miles on lorries. How HS2 is blending the railway into the landscape. CHRIS HOWE ...

Digging machine Florence completes HS2’s longest tunnel, a 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills, in February 2024 - Aaron Chown/PA In 2019, HS2 Ltd’s new chairman, Allan Cook, an engineer, told ...

After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, phase two of the long-awaited HS2 rail project appears to be under threat. The Independent has exclusively revealed that prime minister Rishi ...

In 2021-2022, the Government spent more than £5bn on HS2: about the same as it spends on the national road network. Critics often argue that the money would be far better used to fund much-needed ...

Digital Edition: HS2 could send more freight down the line The proposed High Speed 2 rail line could free up capacity on existing lines that could be used for the transport of rail freight ...