After six and a half years leading Britain’s new HS2 high-speed railway line, its chief executive has stepped down from the project. The announcement came on Wednesday when Mark Thurston announced he will be leaving the organization in autumn. Under Mr. Thurston’s leadership, the company has employed 28,500 people across the country. The HS2 commended…
MPs Urge Government to Set out Plans for ‘Floundering’ HS2 Project
Delays in building the final stretch of the high-speed railway HS2 shows the government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the “floundering” station, a committee of MPs has warned. In a report published on Friday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Commons urged the Department for Transport (DfT)…
Delays to HS2’s Euston Leg May Lead to Higher Spending, Watchdog Warns
Delays in building the final stretch of the high-speed railway HS2 to Euston Station in central London will mean extra costs and potentially even higher spending, a government spending watchdog has warned. Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced earlier this month that “inflationary pressures” will cause delays to the construction of key parts of HS2. He…
HS2 Hits the Buffers as Inflation Forces Government to Delay Network’s Crewe and Euston Legs
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has announced that “inflationary pressures” will cause delays to the construction of key parts of the high-speed railway HS2. In a written ministerial statement, Harper said the Birmingham to Crewe line will be delayed by two years and the final stretch from Old Oak Common in west London to Euston in…
Rare Roman Wooden Figure Uncovered by HS2 Archaeologists in England
A Roman wooden carved figure has been discovered in a waterlogged ditch during work on the HS2 project. Archaeologist Iain Williamson described the survival of the well-preserved wooden figure as “extremely rare”. The model, cut from a single piece of wood, 67cm tall and 18cm wide, was found by archaeologists in a Roman ditch in a…
Archaeologists Uncover Roman Trading Town on England’s HS2 Route
Archaeologists working on the HS2 route have discovered how an Iron Age village in Northamptonshire developed into a wealthy Roman trading town. Evidence found during a dig of the site near the village of Chipping Warden has shown how the settlement, believed to have been established in about 400 BC when it was made up…
UK Government Accused of a ‘Betrayal’ of the North Over Revised HS2 Rail Plan
The Government has been accused of a “betrayal of trust” as it set out its long-awaited revised plans for Northern England and the Midlands. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) would slash journey times across the region with 110 miles of new high-speed line. But Labour said the package…
HS2: UK Ministers Will Not ‘Blindly Follow’ Plans Drawn up Years Ago
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has added to growing speculation over the future of the eastern leg of HS2, saying ministers will not “blindly follow” plans drawn up almost two decades ago. In an interview with the Financial Times, Shapps signaled that a major rethink of the high-speed rail project between Birmingham and Leeds could be…
Struggle Between Euston Tunnel Protesters and HS2 Spills into Courts
The struggle between protesters and bailiffs in Euston Square is spilling out from a muddy 100-foot tunnel under London’s streets to the courts. When bailiffs moved in on the long-standing tree-top blockade of construction for the HS2 high-speed rail hub last Wednesday, protesters fled to a tunnel that they had constructed over several months, claiming…
Tree-Top Protesters Tunnel Under London Streets to Block HS2 Trainline
Tree-top protesters opposed to the construction of the HS2 train line yesterday revealed their plan to escape eviction by camping out in a 100-foot tunnel that they had secretly constructed under the streets of London. Bailiffs descended on the protest at Euston Square on Wednesday morning, where people have been living in 80-foot-high treehouses, tents, and…
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