But think about London and just London. I don't know why the UK has to have majority of jobs in London. You could have 10x HS2's going in and out of London and it still would be jammed packed with commuters.
More local offices to working at home. I'm fine with middle management going away.
More local offices to working at home. I'm fine with middle management going away.
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
But think about London and just London. I don't know why the UK has to have majority of jobs in London. You could have 10x HS2's going in and out of London and it still would be jammed packed with commuters.
More local offices to working at home. I'm fine with middle management going away.
More local offices to working at home. I'm fine with middle management going away.
'HS2’s rationale has changed: henceforth it will boost capacity and ease overcrowding on the rail network.'
That was always its rationale.
That was always its rationale.
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
'HS2’s rationale has changed: henceforth it will boost capacity and ease overcrowding on the rail network.'
That was always its rationale.
That was always its rationale.
The greatest initial HS2 cock up is the way it was sold to the public.
Cutting 30µs off the Birmingham to London time may have been "sexy" at the time. As you say, the prosaic reality was always the need to free up capacity for local services.
Cutting 30µs off the Birmingham to London time may have been "sexy" at the time. As you say, the prosaic reality was always the need to free up capacity for local services.
December 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The greatest initial HS2 cock up is the way it was sold to the public.
Cutting 30µs off the Birmingham to London time may have been "sexy" at the time. As you say, the prosaic reality was always the need to free up capacity for local services.
Cutting 30µs off the Birmingham to London time may have been "sexy" at the time. As you say, the prosaic reality was always the need to free up capacity for local services.
Work to extend HS2’s longest cut-and-cover “green tunnel” has stepped up after engineers realigned a local road to free space for further excavations near Greatworth, West Northamptonshire
Full story:
Full story:
Work begins on next phase of HS2’s longest ‘green tunnel’ after road realigned | New Civil Engineer
The structure, which once completed will run for about 2.7km inside a shallow cutting, is being assembled from precast concrete segments in an M-shaped
buff.ly
December 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Work to extend HS2’s longest cut-and-cover “green tunnel” has stepped up after engineers realigned a local road to free space for further excavations near Greatworth, West Northamptonshire
Full story:
Full story:
Next stage of construction begins at HS2’s longest green tunnel.
Next stage of construction begins at HS2’s longest green tunnel | RailBusinessDaily
The construction of HS2’s longest green tunnel took a major step forward this week with the realignment of a key local road, freeing up space for the next The construction of HS2’s longest green…
news.railbusinessdaily.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Next stage of construction begins at HS2’s longest green tunnel.
It's a lovely heritage line, but if it hadn't closed, we wouldn't have the capacity issues on the east and West coast main lines that HS2 is desperately trying to fix.
One of the great "What could have been"s in UK rail lore.
One of the great "What could have been"s in UK rail lore.
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's a lovely heritage line, but if it hadn't closed, we wouldn't have the capacity issues on the east and West coast main lines that HS2 is desperately trying to fix.
One of the great "What could have been"s in UK rail lore.
One of the great "What could have been"s in UK rail lore.
Work to extend HS2’s longest cut-and-cover “green tunnel” has stepped up after engineers realigned a local road to free space for further excavations near Greatworth, West Northamptonshire
Full story:
Full story:
Work begins on next phase of HS2’s longest ‘green tunnel’ after road realigned | New Civil Engineer
The structure, which once completed will run for about 2.7km inside a shallow cutting, is being assembled from precast concrete segments in an M-shaped
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Work to extend HS2’s longest cut-and-cover “green tunnel” has stepped up after engineers realigned a local road to free space for further excavations near Greatworth, West Northamptonshire
Full story:
Full story:
The UK Labour Govt is doing more to damage Welsh Labour’s chances in May 2026 than any other party. This stuff just reeks of contempt as the original sin of HS2’s ‘England and Wales’ classification as an ‘England and Wales’ project is being repeated despite Labour’s opposition when in opposition!
A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an ‘England and Wales’ project by the UK Government✍️Emily Price
Anger as major Liverpool - Hull rail link designated as 'England and Wales' project
Emily Price A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an “England and Wales” project by the UK Government. Northern Powerhouse ...
wp.me
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The UK Labour Govt is doing more to damage Welsh Labour’s chances in May 2026 than any other party. This stuff just reeks of contempt as the original sin of HS2’s ‘England and Wales’ classification as an ‘England and Wales’ project is being repeated despite Labour’s opposition when in opposition!
We need more capacity on the rail network if the government strategy to grow rail freight is to be achieved. HS2's value is really making space on other lines. I'm not sure how much the cut down HS2 helps, but a poorly executed project doesn't undermine the value of public services.
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We need more capacity on the rail network if the government strategy to grow rail freight is to be achieved. HS2's value is really making space on other lines. I'm not sure how much the cut down HS2 helps, but a poorly executed project doesn't undermine the value of public services.
Don't blame the bats for HS2's blunders
www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4522...
www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4522...
Don't blame the bats for HS2's blunders
When nature considerations are designed in from the start, it saves developers time, money and reputations, writes Sally Hayns, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (...
www.businessgreen.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Don't blame the bats for HS2's blunders
www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4522...
www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4522...
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost local economy by £10 billion over a decade
The opening of the HS2 station at Old Oak Common could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade, according to a HS2 commissioned report.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.
Premier #Rail - The civil engineering works of HS2’s Colne Valey Viaduct, the UK’s new longest rail bridge, have been completed.
The 2.1-mile-long structure carries Britain’s new high-speed railway across a series of…
https://premierconstructionnews.com/2025/12/02/hs2-main-works-civils-contracts/
The 2.1-mile-long structure carries Britain’s new high-speed railway across a series of…
https://premierconstructionnews.com/2025/12/02/hs2-main-works-civils-contracts/
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Premier #Rail - The civil engineering works of HS2’s Colne Valey Viaduct, the UK’s new longest rail bridge, have been completed.
The 2.1-mile-long structure carries Britain’s new high-speed railway across a series of…
https://premierconstructionnews.com/2025/12/02/hs2-main-works-civils-contracts/
The 2.1-mile-long structure carries Britain’s new high-speed railway across a series of…
https://premierconstructionnews.com/2025/12/02/hs2-main-works-civils-contracts/
To be fair to Labour, HS2’s powers to take and use land were set when the hybrid bill for Phase One passed, back in 2017 - this will likely be land they have to give back
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
To be fair to Labour, HS2’s powers to take and use land were set when the hybrid bill for Phase One passed, back in 2017 - this will likely be land they have to give back
HS2's Wendover tunnel highlights the innovation, logistical precision and complexity involved in the mega project.
'Innovation and ingenuity in the Chilterns' | Ground Engineering
A visit to High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Wendover tunnel highlights the innovation, logistical precision and complexity involved in the mega project.
www.geplus.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
HS2's Wendover tunnel highlights the innovation, logistical precision and complexity involved in the mega project.
HS2 has spent £40 billion on construction to date. Just the cost of canceling Phase 2 has been significant in sunken planning costs (and in the UK, unlike in the US, when a rail line is canceled, the land is immediately sold off). www.gov.uk/government/s...
HS2 6-monthly report to Parliament: July 2025
Review of High Speed Two (HS2) including programme governance, delivery update, benefits, community impacts, land and property.
www.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
HS2 has spent £40 billion on construction to date. Just the cost of canceling Phase 2 has been significant in sunken planning costs (and in the UK, unlike in the US, when a rail line is canceled, the land is immediately sold off). www.gov.uk/government/s...
High speed line between towns/cities should be several times cheaper than deep London tunnel. So when HS2 is just about as expensive as Jubilee or Northern line extension that is bad.
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
High speed line between towns/cities should be several times cheaper than deep London tunnel. So when HS2 is just about as expensive as Jubilee or Northern line extension that is bad.
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Exploring Alstom's Crewe Works, as the company looks to the future and prepares the site to to increase output and deliver the bogies for HS2's Class 895s
youtu.be/YGY-VR_kVjo
youtu.be/YGY-VR_kVjo
Alstom Crewe Works, Investing in the Future.
YouTube video by Rail Focus
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November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Exploring Alstom's Crewe Works, as the company looks to the future and prepares the site to to increase output and deliver the bogies for HS2's Class 895s
youtu.be/YGY-VR_kVjo
youtu.be/YGY-VR_kVjo
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Exploring Alstom's Crewe Works, as the company looks to the future and prepares the site to to increase output and deliver the bogies for HS2's Class 895s
▶️ youtu.be/YGY-VR_kVjo ◀️
#Crewe
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#Crewe
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Exploring Alstom's Crewe Works, as the company looks to the future and prepares the site to to increase output and deliver the bogies for HS2's Class 895s
▶️ youtu.be/YGY-VR_kVjo ◀️
#Crewe
▶️ youtu.be/YGY-VR_kVjo ◀️
#Crewe
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.
High Speed Line(s) to nowhere in the year 200 of the railways... (Also a reminder that they've not even dug any tunnels to Euston for HS2 but also Euston has no capacity for it anyway)
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
High Speed Line(s) to nowhere in the year 200 of the railways... (Also a reminder that they've not even dug any tunnels to Euston for HS2 but also Euston has no capacity for it anyway)
The last two tunnel boring machines needed to dig HS2’s tunnels are set to start their journey towards Euston “fairly soon”, the Rail Minister has confirmed.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hs2...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hs2...
HS2’s tunnel boring machines set to start Euston dig “fairly soon”, says Rail Minister
The last two tunnel boring machines needed to dig HS2’s tunnels are set to start their journey towards Euston “fairly soon”, the Rail Minister has confirmed.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The last two tunnel boring machines needed to dig HS2’s tunnels are set to start their journey towards Euston “fairly soon”, the Rail Minister has confirmed.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hs2...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hs2...
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.
85% of the tunnelling for HS2, The UK’s second high speed rail line is complete. Still on course for trains running at over 200mph between our two largest cities: London & Birmingham by the early 2030’s. Train not car not plane. 🚄 💚
October 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
85% of the tunnelling for HS2, The UK’s second high speed rail line is complete. Still on course for trains running at over 200mph between our two largest cities: London & Birmingham by the early 2030’s. Train not car not plane. 🚄 💚
HS2 could've been cheaper and finished if folks weren't so busy entertaining a lot of the nimbyism around it. (Also HS2's main benefits would be improved train services elsewhere on the network and arguably wouldn't be felt greatly until HS3 and HS4 and maybe a HS5 were also done)
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
HS2 could've been cheaper and finished if folks weren't so busy entertaining a lot of the nimbyism around it. (Also HS2's main benefits would be improved train services elsewhere on the network and arguably wouldn't be felt greatly until HS3 and HS4 and maybe a HS5 were also done)
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost local economy by £10 billion over a decade
The opening of the HS2 station at Old Oak Common could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade, according to a HS2 commissioned report.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
HS2’s Old Oak Common station could boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade.