The Latest Breaking News from HS2

Rail Minister says it's 'vitally important HS2 trains' come to Leeds despite Eastern leg being scaled back

But the Yorkshire section of the controversial high speed project was scrapped last year

Leeds Live · Feb 22, 2022

Activists who occupied 100ft HS2 drilling rig convicted over protest

Ex-Paralympian James Brown and James Ruggles claimed rail project a danger to London’s drinking water

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022

MP visits Derby train maker Alstom as it advertises for 30 apprentices and graduates

UK’s largest supplier of trains – formerly known as Bombardier – recently gained part of a £2bn contract to produce HS2 trains

Birmingham Post · Feb 17, 2022

Dozens of decapitated skeletons found in Roman cemetery dig

Archaeologists discovered around 40 beheaded bodies – and say this may have been a normal burial rite

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2022

Archaeologists discover 40 decapitated skeletons while excavating former Roman settlement

HS2 has examined over 100 archaeological sites between London and Birmingham since 2018

Wales Online · Feb 5, 2022

Archaeologists discover 40 beheaded skeletons in huge Roman cemetery in Buckinghamshire

Archaeologists have discovered at least 40 beheaded skeletons in a Roman cemetery on the route of the high-speed HS2 railway.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2022

HS2 labour supplier Hercules floats on AIM, raising millions

The firm's founder and chief executive said the IPO would enable the business to scale-up and expand

Birmingham Post · Feb 4, 2022

Electrification of the Chester and North Wales rail line must come alongside HS2 link to Manchester

Growth Track 360 leaders want the economic benefits shared with their regions through electrification

Birmingham Post · Feb 3, 2022

North of England faces ‘second-best trains’ for 200 years, warns Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor says government’s £96bn rail plan will not bring the claimed benefits

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

MP describes HS2 plans to suspend Ashton tram link during Piccadilly station rebuild as 'disastrous'

"We cannot have a situation where this line is mothballed and replaced by a bus replacement service," Andrew Gwynne said

Manchester Evening News · Jan 28, 2022