Plans for a £34 billion high speed rail line linking Birmingham with London, Manchester and Leeds have been thrown into turmoil after the official public spending watchdog concluded the HS2 business case does not make sense.
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The company behind the construction of the High Speed Two rail line through the Midlands has announced plans to build a 2.6km tunnel beneath Birmingham.Read
Most people back the HS2 high-speed rail project between London and Birmingham but few think the £33 billion scheme will be completed on time and within budget, according to a survey.Read
The planned 225mph HS2 rail line between London, Birmingham and the North should go ahead - despite a court ruling that a Government consultation about the new high speed route was “unlawful”, MPs have said.Read
The Department for Transport has insisted the planned high speed rail line from Birmingham to London and the North of England is on track to be completed on time and within budget, after it emerged £250 million has already been spent.Read
Closed and neglected urban rail stations in Birmingham could be transformed under proposals being drawn up by Midland councils and business leaders.Read
A rail lobby group has condemned Liam Byrne’s opposition to the construction of a HS2 depot in Birmingham – branding it a “betrayal" of the city's people.
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The routes of high-speed rail links from Birmingham to cities in the north of England have been unveiled, in a move Prime Minister David Cameron said would boost Britain’s stagnant economy.Read
A Labour government would reverse controversial plans to create a rail maintenance depot in east Birmingham which some politicians claim could cost 7,200 jobs, MP Liam Byrne has announced.Read
The company behind the high speed rail scheme has started to recruit local property management companies along the route of the project’s first phase between the West Midlands and London.
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Opponents of the Government’s HS2 high-speed rail scheme have asked the High Court to declare the £34bn project legally flawed and send it back for reconsideration.Read
Business Secretary Vince Cable is to intervene in a row over claims Midland manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover is threatened by plans to turn its rail terminal into a construction depot for the planned high speed rail line.Read
More than a billion pounds could be paid out in compensation to homeowners, tenants and businesses affected by the planned high speed rail line between Birmingham and London, Ministers have announced.Read
Ministers have been told that failure to manage the West Coast Main Line franchise properly has cast doubt over the justification for a new high speed rail one – by one of the project’s biggest supporters.Read
Opponents of the Government’s plans for a new high speed rail line were dealt a blow at the Conservative conference, when new Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin confirmed he was just as committed to the idea as his predecessors.Read
