The taxpayer-funded body behind the High Speed 2 railway line is mounting last-ditch talks to renegotiate the project’s civil engineering contracts, as it battles to curb soaring costs on the UK’s ...

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Matthew Brooker is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business and infrastructure. Formerly, he was an editor for Bloomberg News and the South China Morning Post. China’s high-speed rail network ...

The £2bn contract to build dozens of HS2 "bullet trains" is set for major changes as ministers prepare to outline fresh delays and cost overruns on the project. The deal, awarded in 2021 to a joint ...

HS2 was meant to transform Britain’s rail network, connecting London with major northern cities and boosting the country’s ...

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Britain's transport minister said the long-delayed HS2 railway will likely run all the way to central London, following speculation around the future of the ...

MANCHESTER, England, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Britain's second and third cities on Friday published plans for a new railway to counter the blow of last year's government decision to gut much of the HS2 ...

Two of Europe’s leading high-speed rail engineering consultancies, Ayesa Engineering and Egis, have been appointed to provide services for the delivery of track infrastructure for HS2.

Britain’s jobs market is “floundering” amid weak hiring demand, with only limited signs of recovery, data has revealed. Companies remain cautious about hiring staff amid cost pressures and economic ...

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