Major Projects
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Features
Welcome to the HS2 Bootcamp
A small project at Euston could lead to bigger things… and help to build a legacy. Tom Edwards reports.
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HS2: paying for more than just a railway…
Why is HS2 ‘so expensive’, and is it being ‘gold-plated’? Mel Holley investigates.
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How can HS2 be made to work now?
HS2's long-term aim and short-term mission: Stuart Porter revisits requirements for HS2, to examine how to make optimum use of train paths.
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What next for High Speed 2?
HS2 has been mired in controversy for years as fierce arguments continue about spiralling costs and what will actually be built. Ben Jones asks what's next.
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Features
HS2’s complex alignments at Calvert
Chris Howe reports on construction progress of a short section that will be key to providing links with East West Rail and other rail facilities.
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Interview: 2020 review author Sir Douglas Oakervee on HS2's future
With the eastern and northern legs of HS2 cancelled since the Oakervee Review, its author talks to Peter Pilsner about what happens next for HS2.
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Insight
Euston’s HS2 green light…but questions remain
Euston will be the London terminus for HS2. But locals are fed up with the disruption and uncertainty about its timing and form.
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Features
The great push forward to finish HS2 construction in Buckinghamshire
Chris Howe reports on progress with two key structures in Buckinghamshire.
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High-speed rail on a low-impact viaduct
Paul Bigland heads to Buckinghamshire, to view progress on HS2’s Thame Valley viaduct.
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Operations
Is NPR ready for the next level?
RICHARD WILCOCK examines the on-off history of Northern Powerhouse Rail, and asks whether the time is right (and what must happen) for the project to be advanced
Top Stories
Very light rail: the lower cost alternative to traditional light rail
As the costs of traditional light rail schemes rise, there’s more interest in smaller, cheaper alternatives. Cue the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre.
SWR returns to the public domain - but what difference will it make?
…but what difference will it make to services and passengers? Paul Clifton canvasses the opinion of rail leaders on SWR’s past, present and future.
A railway with “people at its heart”
Andy Comfort discovers how volunteers are working with a train operator to promote and improve a Yorkshire line.
