The Latest Breaking News from HS2

Talks under way with UK government over timings of project as prices of materials soar

Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the HS2 high-speed rail project over the past year has been ‘significant’ as bosses and the Government consider delaying to curb costs

Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the project over the past year has been ‘significant’.

It was recently reported HS2 might not run to its planned central London terminus at Euston due to rising costs

Sir John Peace makes plea head of regional transport body's annual conference in Birmingham today

‘We’ve all watched Marvel and Dr Who, we just thought where is this going to go?’

A pool of brown bubbling foam has appeared where work to build the HS2 high speed rail line is being carried out. The five metre (16ft) “mini geyser” on a rugby pitch in Ruislip, west London, is near to where some of the tunnelling work is being carried out. Work…

The engineering project intends to cut out the need for HGV journeys

Aural clock, designed by Turner prize winner Susan Philipsz for Curzon Street HS2 station, features sounds made by 1,092 city folk

The project could finish 12 years later than planned

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