HS2 high-speed train line is only a third complete, admits boss Mark Wild in bombshell update to MPs

The HS2 high-speed train line is only about “one third complete” and two to three years behind schedule, the project’s new chief executive has told MPs.

Mark Wild, who was brought in to rescue HS2 last year, told the transport select committee on Wednesday: “After five years of civil engineering, we are at least two to three years behind.