HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government is to ...

The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

The British government is considering lowering the maximum speed on HS2 from 360km/h in order to reduce costs and accelerate ...

The government is looking at ways to make much-delayed London to Birmingham railway line cheaper to deliver.

Reducing the high-speed rail project from its intended speed of 360km per hour could save an amount in the ‘low billions’, ...

High Speed 2 - known as HS2 - was originally commissioned to run at 360km/h, which would have made its trains the fastest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Edge, 74, said further uncertainty now shrouds the future of his business after transport minister Heidi Alexander announced ...

UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has told HS2 Ltd to look at lowering the maximum speed of future train ...

HS2 trains may be slowed down in a bid to stop the £100billion project spiralling further out of control. Ministers are ...

The Transport Secretary has directed HS2 to assess measures that could reduce complexity, cut costs, and accelerate delivery of the high-speed rail line. The review forms part of a broader effort to ...

The UK government has ordered a HS2 overhaul to cut construction time and reduce costs to taxpayers, aiming to deliver faster ...

A dairy farmer who won a fight to stop almost half of his land being seized for the scrapped HS2 line from Birmingham and Manchester says the family farm could be under threat again. John Edge, 74, ...