All change expected on HS2 Phase 2 with new Higgins plan.
Following speculation that the currently planned HS2 station at Toton Sidings in the East Midlands will be relocated elsewhere,...
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On the Party Conference Stand
Keri Brennan is a Stop HS2 volunteer who helped run our stands at the Labour Party Conference in 2012...
HS2 ‘New City’ plans start to take shape.
In March 2012, it was reported that Professor Andrew McNaughton, then the chief engineer at HS2 Ltd had told an...
Shortening the list of HS2 supporters
Today the Government announced the short list of places which are bidding to host the HS2 College. Earlier this...
Who will pay for the HS2 Bubble-Wrap Slug & its’ Friends?
Commuters, businesses and rate-payers where HS2 stations are planned such as Camden, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Hammersmith & Fulham, Solihull,...
Osborne wants to spend more on ‘white elephant’ HS2 station, but who will pay for it?
The Conservative Transport Group has today warned that HS2 terminal stations could become white elephants, and parkway stations would...
Snippets from the Inter-City Rail Investment debate
Debate on Thursday 9th January 2014: from Hansard. Inter-City Rail Investment Ian Swales (Redcar) (LD): I beg to move: That this House...
Exact route details revealed of HS2 route via Derby
This article is by Dr Paul Thornton. Hundreds more home owners across a new swathe of Staffordshire, and Derbyshire...
At the Paving Bill Committee
The transcripts from the Public Bill Committee on the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill 2013-14 are now online: and...
HS2: Maker of some cities but breaker of others?
This was originally published on HS2: The Regional Impact blog as HS2: Maker of some cities but breaker of...