The northern leg of HS2 could be replaced with a new privately funded railway under government plans to boost economic growth. Ministers are considering reviving plans for a new high-speed line ...

route, but slower than the 225mph speeds of HS2. Plans to extend the high-speed line beyond Birmingham were controversially scrapped by Rishi Sunak last October to cut costs by £36bn. Supporters ...

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

An artists impression of a planned new HS2 link at Birmingham Airport He went on: “When we open Old Oak Common station, you will be 31 minutes from Birmingham International, the airport.

The government is being urged to pay for the HS2 line ... and said the rail route needed to be "reset to an irreducible Euston-Crewe core". The high speed line north of Birmingham to Manchester ...

“HS2 will prove its worth”. He spoke of the link to the centre of Birmingham being little more than 40 minutes - with even quicker links to Birmingham Airport. He also insisted his ongoing “reset” of ...

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned. The ...