Cutting journey times and running more trains on the West Coast Main Line is a priority, Virgin Trains chief executive tells Transport Correspondent Edward Chadwick.Read
Birmingham’s employers and council tax-payers face massive bills after the Government revealed they will have to help pay for the £44 billion high speed rail line.Read
The consultation into a proposed high speed rail link between Birmingham and London was launched this week. Political Editor Jonathan Walker looks at the report.Read
Birmingham’s employers and council tax-payers face massive bills after the Government revealed they will have to help pay for the £44 billion high speed rail line.Read
Hundreds of protesters lit beacons along the line of the proposed London to Birmingham high speed rail route last night (Monday) as the Government launched a consultation into the proposals.Read
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has launched a consultation on plans for a high speed railway network by insisting the project would "redraw" Britain's economic map.
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Embattled ministers planning a £17.5 billion high speed rail link from London to Birmingham have been thrown a lifeline by business leaders who urged the Government to press ahead with the scheme.Read
The Government's plans for the HS2 high-speed rail project between Birmingham and London must not lead to less investment in the rest of the network, a transport campaign group has said.Read
Up to 4,860 homes will experience additional noise as a result of a high speed rail line from London to Birmingham, the Government will admit next week.Read
Chiltern Railways is to delay the launch of its new Chiltern Mainline Service which would allow passengers to travel from Birmingham to London in 90 minutes.Read
A Staffordshire couple are among the first to have sold their home to the Government under a scheme to compensate people living on the route of the proposed high speed rail line.Read
The Taxpayers’ Alliance, an organisation dedicated to the reduction of taxes, has come out against the proposed high speed rail link between London, Birmingham and the North.Read
