Birmingham Post - Transport News - High Speed Rail

MPs report backing HS2 dubbed a sham by opponents to rail scheme

Birmingham Post — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:15:00 GMT

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.

MPs' report into benefits of HS2 branded a 'sham'

Birmingham Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:26:00 GMT

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.

Jonathan Walker: High speed rail keeps rolling

Birmingham Post — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:01:00 GMT

Sometimes it’s remarkable how an idea takes hold and won’t go away regardless of the evidence to the contrary.

HS2 'will still go ahead' despite Queen's Speech omission, insists DfT

Birmingham Post — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:30:00 GMT

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.

HS2 opponents seeking court action to halt high speed rail scheme

Birmingham Post — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:32:00 GMT

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.

HS2 must not repeat the mistakes of HS1, insist engineers

Birmingham Post — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT

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.

HS2 second phase plans will be announced in Autumn - Minister

Birmingham Post — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:30:00 GMT

The Government will publish its plans for the second phase of the HS2 high-speed rail project in the autumn.

HS2 could see Birmingham Airport renamed as London-Birmingham, claims chief engineer

Birmingham Post — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:35:00 GMT

High speed rail will lead to the creation of an entire new city based around “London-Birmingham Airport”, the chief engineer of the new line has predicted.

Curzon Street may not be name for new HS2 station in Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:05:00 GMT

The name of Birmingham’s proposed city centre high speed rail (HS2) station could be changed, it has emerged.

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in demand for movement on HS2 scheme

Birmingham Post — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Birmingham business leaders have voiced concerns that local commuter services will be forced off the rails if the High Speed Rail (HS2) plans don’t go ahead soon.

Birmingham Labour Party to ditch plan for HS2 depot at Washwood Heath in favour of job creation

Birmingham Post — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:30:00 GMT

Birmingham’s Labour Party has pledged to ditch plans for a High Speed Rail maintenance depot at Washwood Heath if it takes control of the city council in May.

Call to save Birmingham pubs from being flattened by HS2 station

Birmingham Post — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:01:00 GMT

Heritage watchdogs are calling for three historic Birmingham pubs which stand in the Eastside development area next to the proposed new High Speed Rail (HS2) station to be saved.

Washwood Heath sites could be blighted for 20 years if set aside for HS2 depot, claims councillor

Birmingham Post — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:01:00 GMT

Key industrial sites on the eastern edge of Birmingham city centre could be blighted for two decades if set aside for the second phase of high speed rail (HS2).

HS2 protest group planning legal action against high speed rail link

Birmingham Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:41:00 GMT

The Government is facing the latest legal challenge to its £32 billion high speed rail link between London and Birmingham.

HS2 faces 'secret' downgrade, claim MPs

Birmingham Post — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:55:00 GMT

An MP has demanded that Ministers reveal the full route of a £33 billion high speed rail line, after Department for Transport documents showed plans for services north of Birmingham had been quietly downgraded.

Landowners on HS2 route to be paid £1,000 for giving surveyors access

Birmingham Post — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:24:00 GMT

Landowners along the new HS2 high-speed rail route, which will run through London and the West Midlands, will be offered an initial £1,000 payment to allow surveyors access to their land, it has been announced.

HS2 station at Curzon Street in Birmingham will see all of Eastside regenerated

Birmingham Post — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:58:00 GMT

A new high speed railway station will bring wealth and jobs into Birmingham city centre, Transport Secretary Justine Greening has pledged.

How the HS2 high speed rail link could look in Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:55:00 GMT

THIS is the first image of how Birmingham’s new high-speed rail link to London could look from high above the city centre.

Midland Conservative MPs continue to oppose HS2 high speed rail plans

Birmingham Post — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:36:00 GMT

West Midlands MPs have vowed to continue fighting against plans for a new high speed rail network with Birmingham at its heart as it emerged a public consultation came out two to one against the £32 billion line.

Don't delay building HS2, warn West Midlands business leaders

Birmingham Post — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:30:00 GMT

Businesses welcomed the decision to press ahead with a new high speed rail line as “a fantastic day for the West Midlands” - but warned the Government must speed up plans to get the line built.