HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government has ordered the company building the project to consider lower speeds on the line ...

The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

Experts believe Labour is repeating the mistakes of previous governments by "meddling" with the project once again ...

High Speed 2 - known as HS2 - was originally commissioned to run at 360km/h, which would have made its trains the fastest ...

The government is looking at ways to make much-delayed London to Birmingham railway line cheaper to deliver.

UK ministers are set to order the management of High Speed 2 to explore last-ditch attempts to cut the cost of the rail project, including reducing the speed of its trains. Mark W ...

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch ...

HS2 trains may be slowed down in a bid to stop the £100billion project spiralling further out of control. Ministers are ...

Doubling tariffs on imported steel will raise cost of the metal when Iran war is already inflating steel and concrete prices ...

HS2 has released drone footage of a second huge viaduct in the West Midlands that is “ready to launch” over the M6.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has tasked HS2 chief executive Mark Wild with testing whether stripping out complexity from the railway could save taxpayers billions and bring services into ...

HS2 chief executive Mark Wild’s eagerly awaited review of the project has been delayed until the summer, amid an effort to consider further cost savings.