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...
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All of the companies working on HS2 design are already over budget, by a total of £11m.
Building Magazine has uncovered that every company awarded contracts under Lot 1 of the HS2 Professional Services...
Government get dodgy accountants to make up figures to justify HS2
KPMG, the firm which could not find a £1.5bn hole in the accounts of the Cooperative Bank, have been paid...
Government plans to use HS2 property blight for housing land-grab.
While the Government is failing to compensate householders suffering property blight due to HS2, Planning Minister Nick Boles MP...
Poorer services on classic rail post HS2 “not really fit for purpose”
One of the arguments used in favour of High Speed Two is that it will release additional capacity on...
HS1 chief joins list of HS2 critics
In a surprise move, Rob Holden, the chairman of HS1 has hit out at the justifications for HS2 in...
No Russian Rush for high speed rail.
Following the decisions from Poland, Belgium and Portugal to axe their proposed high speed rail projects, Russia seems to...
Debts and subsidies for High Speed Rail
by Andrew Bodman
The ongoing costs of running a high speed rail system are sometimes overlooked or underestimated. In July...
Greening resorts to ‘HS2 might look nice’ as all other arguments collapse.
At a speed typical of the delays with the HS2 proposal, Justine Greening has taken over a week before...
Network Rail RUS report blows HS2 capacity justification out of the water.
Campaigners against HS2 have received a boost as the Rail Utilisation Strategy report from Network Rail has confirmed what...