Behind the Brexit Firewall, HS2 has been Trundling on at Panic Stations with Increased Costs, Incompetence, Spin and Fraud. With the Brexit Firewall incinerating almost everything else that has the audacity to try and become news, you might...
Government to Sack HS2 Chair Morgan After Just 4 Months In another setback for the troubled HS2 rail project, the Financial Times has reported that the Government is preparing...
Hidden Additional Costs, Exorbitant Wages & Legal Woes: Just a Week at HS2 Ltd. These days it’s quite rare when the new bad news about HS2 is actually new, but then HS2 Ltd...
A Prelude to Two Decades of Travel Chaos as HS2 Prep Work Starts This weekend travelers will get a taste of things to come, as Euston station will be closed whilst HS2...
HS2 Cost Will Double to £111bn, According to New DfT Estimate The projected bill for the HS2 high speed rail network has been estimated at £111bn, double the official £55.7bn...
Typical Government Response to HS2 Report The Government have published their response to the report of the Lords HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee. Whilst the report...
More HS2 Ltd top brass jump ship. While it seems there is no sign of a replacement for HS2 Ltd Chairman David Higgins even being looked...
Freight and HS2’s built-in obsolescence The Beleben blog recently looked at Network Rail’s draft Freight Network Study consultation document. This was published in August (deadline...
From the Archives: The HS2 fight-back, powered by ACME This was originally published on politics.co.uk , but we also posted it here. It should be noted that the HS2 budget...
HS2 – not so much a zombie train, more a beached whale From 51M: In a week when Simon Jenkins writing in the Guardian called HS2 a zombie train, other developments...