TBM Karen will excavate the second bore of the 4.5-mile Euston Tunnel.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Passengers on HS2 high speed trains to and from Euston will enjoy the “most comfortable” seats on the rail network under plans ...

The taxpayer-funded body behind the High Speed 2 railway line is mounting last-ditch talks to renegotiate the project’s civil ...

Construction of the 140-mile HS2 high-speed rail line is continuing, even as the project company's acting CEO said its cost could exceed its budget by $14 billion. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. January ...

The 2.1-mile Colne Valley viaduct is about a third complete. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. December 28, 2023 With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K.'s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 ...

Launched from Old Oak Common in west London on March 16, the 1,624-ton machine - named “Karen” - will excavate the second ...

HS2 will start at Euston rather than Old Oak Common - but between Birmingham and Manchester it will not be high speed, Sky News understands. The rail line will stop in Manchester, but from Birmingham ...

The government is set to announce a delay of at least two more years to the HS2 project, amid revelations of a "litany of failures" causing costs to skyrocket. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is ...

Take a flight out of London heading west, and you may just catch a glimpse of a massive construction site snaking its way through the otherwise green English countryside. That is what one day will ...

The cost of the UK’s HS2 high speed rail link rose to as much as £67 billion ($85 billion), even after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dramatically shrank the project by canceling its northern leg.