Topic: HS2

A computer generated image of the HS2 station at Piccadilly in Manchester showing the large plaza and the barrel roof design

HS2 surgery is the wrong choice say leading academics

A paper, credited to several university professors specialising in the rail industry, has warned of the unforeseen consequences of abandoning the HS2 high speed rail project between Birmingham and Manchester. They say amputating HS2’s northern...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton
A computer generated image of the HS2 station at Piccadilly in Manchester showing the large plaza and the barrel roof design

HS2: Now Manchester faces the axe

Eastern Leg no more. Euston no more. Now the The UK government is considering even more cutbacks to the HS2 high-speed rail project. With Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham already off the timetable, now the prestige...Read more
|1 comment|author: Simon Walton
Inside the empty station box at Old Oak Common looking up to the daylight overhead

HS2 progress on West London terminal

HS2, the British high speed rail project is still on track. The brakes may be firmly applied to work at Euston in Central London, but the throttle is wide open on work at Old Oak...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton