Stanthorne Hall has sat empty since HS2 bought it in March 2023 – now repairs are to be carried out to preserve the ...

After seeing off HS2, dairy farmer John Edge fears Labour’s plan for a new north-south railway line will only continue years ...

Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce plans to build a new railway line between Birmingham and Manchester, The Independent ...

Residents near a new HS2 railway bridge have complained that it has plunged their homes into darkness. The 492ft tall ...

HS2 Ltd has announced that construction work has now been completed on the Chiltern Tunnel – the project's longest at 10 ...

The local council echoes the Labour MP's views on the inclusion of Crewe, also describing the announcement as "positive".

THE SCRAPPED Birmingham–Manchester leg of HS2 is set to be replaced with a new rail line under fresh Labour plans. The ...

Northern Powerhouse Partnership looking to discuss possibility with government after NPR announcement last week.

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

Manchester and Birmingham could be connected with a new railway line years after the HS2’s northern leg was cancelled.

The Independent has taken a close interest in the HS2 scheme since it was proposed by Andrew Adonis, transport secretary in the last Labour government, in 2009. We were cautiously in favour of the ...

An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...