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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Features
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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Features
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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Features
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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Features
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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Features
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
Alstom Derby’s days are looking brighter
Last year, Alstom’s Litchurch Lane train building factory almost shut down. One year on, Peter Plisner returns to the factory.
Borders Railway moves £10 million closer to Carlisle
As funding is confirmed for a feasibility study into extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle, Andy Comfort explores the route beyond the Tweedbank buffers.
Welcome to the HS2 Bootcamp
A small project at Euston could lead to bigger things… and help to build a legacy. Tom Edwards reports.
