All HS2 articles
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NewsDecision to ditch Grimshaw’s Euston station adds to £2bn cost of cancelling HS2 Manchester leg, latest accounts say
New railway finishing up at west London instead
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NewsGrimshaw’s Curzon Street station to be built with more platforms than needed, HS2 report reveals
New station to be built to original specification despite cut to northern stretch last year
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NewsTunnelling to HS2 station at Euston to start in 2025
TBMs will be delivered to Old Oak Common ahead of job beginning early next year
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FeaturesMake it beautiful, but not iconic: Moxon’s challenging brief to design HS2 viaducts in Buckinghamshire
The London-based practice has built its reputation on bridge design. But it has never before worked at this scale and level of scrutiny. Daniel Gayne found out how they tackled the job.
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OpinionWhat Thomas the Tank Engine can tell us about HS2
Unnecessarily onerous regulation contributes to the high cost of building railways in the UK, writes David Rudlin
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NewsNorthern Powerhouse Rail safeguarded as HS2 bill set to progress despite cancellation
Phase 2b legislation included in government’s legislative agenda
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NewsFraser Brown Mackenna’s HS2 skills centre completes at mothballed Euston site
Job includes building accommodation block for thousands of workers
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NewsBurnham says pre-covid rail plan for the north should be built in full
Mayor’s comments come as shadow rail minister questions “implications” of government handling of HS2
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NewsHS2 Euston cut further with reprieved station to feature just six platforms
Original design had proposals for 11 platforms in order to cope with capacity for now abandoned route to Manchester
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OpinionHS2: should it stay or should it go?
As well as squandering huge investment made to date, proposed government cuts to the project also miss the national economic benefits of connecting our major cities, writes Glenn Howells
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NewsHS2 cuts could turn line into ‘shuttle service’ between Acton and Birmingham, says infrastructure chief
John Armitt’s comments come as unions demand ministers call emergency summit to get project “back on track”
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NewsLabour support for HS2 appears to weaken as Tories eye further cuts
Prime minister’s ‘mind made up’ on Euston and northern phase
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NewsMPs accuse government of ‘not knowing what it wants’ for HS2 Euston station
Public Accounts Committee adds that original costings were unrealistic
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Features‘We should get on and build it.’ John Armitt makes the case for cracking on with HS2
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission on why politics can never be taken out of building and why we should stop dithering
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FeaturesThis could run and run: HS2 angst and its budget of billions
‘Nothing to see here,’ was the gist of the chancellor’s comments last week as he denied Euston would be axed to save cash. But is it really that simple for a job like HS2?
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NewsHS2 will end at Euston, says Hunt
No ‘conceivable circumstance’ in which line does not terminate in central London, says chancellor