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HS2 opening set to be delayed again as costs soar

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The Independent UK

HS2 high-speed rail link to miss 2033 target as 'litany of failure' hikes costs by £37bn

HS2 has made UK a 'laughing stock' on infrastructure, says minister as high speed line timetable hits the buffers

Evening Standard

HS2 opening to be delayed past planned 2033 date, minister to announce

Transport secretary will also accuse Conservatives of wasting billions on project with poor management

The Guardian - UK

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Labour had the chance to finally kill off HS2. Instead, it’s throwing more money into the pit

Rachel Reeves didn’t utter a word about this disaster in her spending review. Yet there’s a colossal £25bn more earmarked for it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Infrastructure probe to look at why transport ‘brought to a standstill’

‘It’s clear we need to do more to improve the resilience of our transport energy infrastructure,’ Paul Kohler MP warned.

Evening Standard

HS2 marks major ‘nerve centre’ milestone with completion of 3.5-mile tunnel bore

Workers celebrated and waved flags to mark the end of more than 650 days of work by TBM Mary Ann to link Water Orton in Warwickshire with Birmingham.

Evening Standard

HS2 boss reveals three reasons why high-speed project is years late and billions over budget

‘The day we open the railway from Old Oak Common to Curzon Street will be a day of national celebration’

Evening Standard

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HS2 will ‘prove its worth’, boss Mark Wild says

He made the comments days after an influential group of MPs described HS2 as an example of ‘how not to run a major project’.

Evening Standard

HS2 ‘a casebook example of how not to run a major project’, MPs say

Scathing committee report lambasts DfT and HS2 for failing to work together effectively

The Guardian - UK

HS2 is an example of ‘how not to run a project’ and may not even reach Birmingham, MPs find

Even if the slimmed down project is delivered it will ‘bring very poor value for money’, damning report finds

The Independent UK

Birmingham plagued by rats ‘the size of cats’ as bin strike and HS2 blamed

Furious residents say ‘really chunky’ rodents chewing through cables and nesting in wheelie bins

The Independent UK

Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers

Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground

The Guardian - UK

‘Major issues’ with HS2, Holocaust memorial and nuclear subs, ministers warned

Some 27 of the 227 large-scale schemes the Government is overseeing appear to be unachievable, according to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Evening Standard

Extra cash for Wales’ railways ‘top priority’ for Welsh Secretary after HS2 row

Jo Stevens said rail investment was at the top of her ‘shopping list’ as ministers bid for funding from the Treasury.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Desire to ‘meet every concern’ over HS2 causes extra costs and delays – adviser

Sir Joh Armitt told MPs a ‘private sector approach’ would have been to say ‘Sorry, I have not got any more money’.

Evening Standard

Ministers looking at ‘pipeline of schemes’ to run HS2 north of Birmingham

MPs heard the Conservatives ‘mothballed’ part of the scheme after scrapping plans to build a high-speed line between Birmingham and Manchester.

Evening Standard

Paddington passengers face '180 days of station disruption' due to HS2 work at Old Oak Common

MP says there will be no trains for 43 days over five years - as fears raised about Glastonbury Festival

The Independent UK

Government still does not know how much HS2 will cost, MPs told

The new chief executive of HS2 declined to apologise for the project building a £100 million bat ‘shed’.

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The Guardian - UK

HS2 boss blames failure to control costs on rush to start work

Mark Wild says ‘fundamental reset’ needed, as Department for Transport admits it has no final cost estimate

Evening Standard

Euston's £5bn HS2 station should be axed with Old Oak Common becoming London terminus, says Labour peer

Passengers can get to Oxford Street more quickly on Elizabeth line than going via Euston

The Guardian - UK

Cost of HS2 could pass £80bn as estimated bill jumps 15% in a year

Projected bill includes price of building HS2 station at Euston, with a budget of about £5bn

Evening Standard

Euston HS2 station: New twist in saga as Government says £5bn terminus will only have six platforms

Experts warn that HS2 will never reach full potential and the lack of capacity will harm the UK’s rail network

Evening Standard

HS2 cost 'soars by £9bn' bringing total estimate of high-speed rail link to £80bn

Leaked report puts new figure on 225mph link between Euston and Curzon Street stations

Evening Standard

HS2 would be better value for money without 225mph bullet trains, says rail minister

‘The highest speed high-speed railway in Britain is going to cost this nation a lot of money,’ said Lord Hendy

Evening Standard

Euston station: Redesign will mean shared concourse for HS2 and mainline trains

Extending HS2 to the North of England depends on successful opening of first section between Birmingham and London, admits rail minister

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