An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...

Rail was a priority for the Labour Government, but concerns are emerging over the pace of delivery on new infrastructure ...

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 ...

The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a “casebook example of how not to run a major project” and the ...

Plans to build a long-awaited £2.5bn Leeds tram system are at risk of never happening as the project is already embroiled in ...

Spiralling costs, severe environmental damage and unproven use cases mean rumours of failure around high speed rail network project HS2 are growing. In August 2019, HS2 was sent to independent review ...

MPs were left speechless after a team of experts admitted they had left out HS2 of their investigation into the government’s poor handling of major infrastructure projects. Politicians on a ...

Cost and time overruns are almost inevitable, but contractors can limit the fallout. Ireland’s MetroLink: take note … The ...

Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line Ten years ago, I walked the route of ...