Labour attempted to place pressure on the Government to speed up construction of a planned high speed rail line between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, by offering a cross-party approach to legislation allowing the line to proceed.Read
The consultation process around the Government's flagship high-speed rail project, which will run from London to Birmingham, has been questioned by campaigners opposed to the �32 billion scheme after it emerged hundreds of responses were omitted from the original analysis.Read
The high speed rail project from London to Birmingham is a terrible idea, former Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan said as she launched a broadside against the Government.Read
The date has been set for a court battle when Midland councils opposed to planned high speed the rail line will take on the Department for Transport in the High Court.
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Plans for a £32 billion rail network with Birmingham at its heart have been slammed by the Commons committee responsible for overseeing public spending.Read
Plans for a new £32 billion rail network with Birmingham at its heart have been dealt a major blow after they were criticised by the Commons committee responsible for overseeing public spending.Read
North Warwickshire Council officials have pressed the Government to clarify plans for the proposed HS2 railway link which is set to pass through an area covered by the authority.
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Plans for a high speed rail network with Birmingham at its heart are threatened by the government’s refusal to publish the route of proposed lines between Birmingham and Manchester and Leeds, according to a former Transport Secretary.Read
Only the planned high speed rail line with Birmingham at its heart will be able to meet growing demand for rail travel in future decades, MPs have warned.Read
Only the planned high speed rail line with Birmingham at its heart will be able to meet growing demand for rail travel in future decades, MPs have warned.Read
A planned high speed rail network with Birmingham at its heart will go ahead as planned despite reports that the project has been delayed, the Department for Transport has insisted.Read
A group campaigning against the Government's HS2 high-speed rail project between London and Birmingham is to go ahead with court action to try to halt the £32 billion scheme.Read
Engineers have warned that a planned high speed rail network with Birmingham at its heart must not repeat the mistakes of Britain’s first high speed railway line, which connects London and the Channel Tunnel.Read
