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How the HS2 shambles could have been avoided – if we’d copied the Swiss

You can also forget for now about trains starting and ending at Euston in central London. With no design for the terminus ...

The village ‘ripped apart’ by scrapped HS2 line – while taxpayers foot bill for empty homes

A jewel village has been ripped apart by scrapped plans for an HS2 line, locals claim, as it emerged that taxpayers were ...

HS2 works on A46 postponed until October

The closure of the A46 to allow works for HS2 has been postponed until October. The dual carriageway was meant to shut ...

Residents' relief at end of HS2 restrictions

The safeguarding protections, ended by Transport Minister Heidi Alexander last month, meant it was harder for residents to ...

HS2 update on old Curzon Street Station as repairs could be set to be carried out

Repairs could soon be carried out on the old Curzon Street Station building as works on the new HS2 city centre terminus ...
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Could safeguarded HS2 land through Derbyshire be reused for pylon scheme?

A new HS2 line will not be built in Derbyshire but that leaves the question of what happens to the land and homes previously ...
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Danny Sullivan HS2 workers hit-out over agency moves

The decision meant around 450 Danny Sullivan workers are currently being transferred over to other labour agencies on Balfour ...

The jewel village ‘ripped apart’ by scrapped HS2 line - and how public foots bill for empty homes

A jewel village has been ripped apart by scrapped plans for an HS2 line, locals claim, as it emerged that taxpayers were ...
Construction Enquirer2d

HS2 mega bridge span to showcase heavy-lift innovation

Balfour Beatty Vinci engineers are gearing up for a nine-night lift and slide operation to position a 112m-long, 1,631-tonne HS2 bridge deck over Lawley Middleway on Birmingham’s Curzon Street ...