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Analysis by HS2 suggests that thousands of properties along the route of the high-speed line could gain access to ultrafast broadband using spare data capacity sold to broadband providers.

Estimates by HS2 Ltd have emerged in the latest update report on the high speed line from the National Audit Office.

The designer of the iconic InterCity 125 HST, Sir Kenneth Grange has passed away aged 95.

HS1 Ltd, the company operating the UK's only high-speed and international railway line, announced today the appointment of Virginie Merle as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

There were few surprises in the Conservatives’ election manifesto, with the party pledging to deliver the Network North schemes outlined in last year’s paper as well as establish Great British Railways.

Former Virgin West Coast manager Chris Gibb is putting forward a radical alternative to the cancelled HS2 route between Birmingham and Manchester, writes Peter Plisner

The economic prospects of Birmingham and Manchester are being seriously damaged because of the Government’s failure to come up with any plans to improve the West Coast Main Line, to replace the cancelled northern leg of HS2, writes Howard Johnston.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) says the Government needs to flesh out its railway proposals in northern England and the Midlands.

HS2 completed its latest stage in its complex year-long project as it slid a part of the half-kilometre Wendover Dean Viaduct bridge deck into position.

Construction on the network of tunnels for HS2 has now passed the half way point, it has been revealed.