Birmingham’s singing station clock – a platform for ‘ordinary’ voices Aural clock, designed by Turner prize winner Susan Philipsz for Curzon Street HS2 station, features sounds made by 1,092 city folk The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023
HS2 under review as line faces delays and cost-cutting The project could finish 12 years later than planned Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2023
Former HMRC chief appointed as seventh HS2 chairman Sir Jonathan Thompson was also the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and will now lead the high-speed rail project as it continues to battle rising costs and negative headlines Birmingham Post · Feb 10, 2023
What’s on and off the table for Rishi Sunak Brief letters: Supplying arms and paying workers | Butterfly blues | Not in the picture | The Songs of Jim McLean | Coming up short with HS2 The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023
'Disappointing' if HS2 Nottinghamshire connection was scrapped amid reports Current plans would see the eastern leg of HS2 terminating near the East Midlands Parkway station just south of Nottingham. Nottingham Post · Feb 9, 2023
HS2: ministers to cut services and speeds to drive down costs, reports say Number of trains could be cut from from 18 to 10 an hour and maximum speed of 360 km/h (224 mph) may be reduced The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023
Opposition to HS2 plans which would cut off Ashton from the Metrolink for years to go before MPs There would be a temporary track and ‘turn back’ created at Piccadilly for a period of two years Manchester Evening News · Feb 7, 2023
HS2’s longest tunnel reaches halfway point HS2 Ltd said a pair of tunnel-boring machines have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills. Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023
Residents' despair over 'UK's most neglected street with post-apocalyptic scenes like The Last of Us' Locals cannot believe the state of the road with 'crater-like' potholes, mountains of rubbish, and burnt-out cars Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023
Why we need a high speed three rail network reaching Wales As HS2 is considered an England and Wales project Wales is losing out on a Barnett consequential of billions Birmingham Post · Jan 31, 2023
Four problems that Britain’s crisis-hit railway must solve to survive Staff relations are at rock bottom, investment is shrinking and franchising has failed. But even so, passengers are trickling back. Can the network be revived? The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2023
HS2 and the ‘Ryanair’ approach to placenames The Man Who Pays His Way: Inter-city rail journeys should not be inter-suburban The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023
How do you solve a problem like HS2? The Conservatives may end up paying a political price for a project that will struggle to live up to the early hype, writes Sean O’Grady The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023
Euston tunnellers ‘have won the argument’ amid HS2 route speculation HS2 Rebellion said all the justifications for the project ‘have gone out the window’ following reports the Euston route could be scrapped. The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023 Pruning HS2 cuts short-term costs but loses bigger long-term benefits Reports that the line could permanently stop at Old Oak Common, not Euston, would mean even less value for money from HS2
Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023 Angela Rayner criticises HS2 development during ambulance service visit Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said reports of HS2 not being routed all the way to Euston were an example of the Conservative Government failing to deliver on big infrastructure projects.The senior Labour MP, asked about the reports in an interview with broadcasters following a hospital visit to Harlow in…
Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023 HS2: are we building this thing or not? So there it is, High Speed 2 (HS2) will be coming to Euston after all, rather than terminating at Old Oak Common. It was rather odd timing for the story to be leaked, given that the chancellor was to make a major address on the future of the UK economy…
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 HS2 will go to Euston after all, chancellor confirms ‘I don’t see any conceivable circumstances in which that would not end up at Euston,’ Jeremy Hunt says
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 HS2 route: Chancellor insists high-speed rail link will reach Euston despite rumoured cuts ‘We’re going to make it happen’ says Jeremy Hunt
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 More than £1bn spent on Euston HS2 work since 2017 A huge area to the west and north-west of the existing mainline station has been cleared.
Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023 Jeremy Hunt says HS2 WILL go to central London after confusing Government messaging The Chancellor has said he does not see any "conceivable circumstance" in which HS2 would not end in central London - after reports suggested the plan could be scrapped
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 Jeremy Hunt: No ‘conceivable circumstances’ in which HS2 stops short of Euston The Chancellor made the comment amid reports plans for the high-speed railway could be downgraded again to save costs.
Birmingham Post · Jan 27, 2023 Cancelling HS2 to Euston would be 'height of folly', rail group says amid fears for Birmingham-Manchester leg Chancellor insist scheme will happen; one analyst says 'If you’re flying into Heathrow, you don’t want to go to Southend'
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 HS2 ‘should be cancelled’ amid reports it may not run to central London Lord Berkeley called for the tens of billions of pounds being invested in the project to be diverted to improve mainline railway services.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023 HS2 will run to central London, Jeremy Hunt says Chancellor moves to quash reports that high-speed rail link might not terminate at Euston