“Thanks to HS2, this region will be just 38 minutes from central London — about Zone 5 on the Tube map,” West Midlands mayor Richard Parker told assembled guests of the flagship high-speed rail line, ...

The network currently links Wolverhampton to central Birmingham and Edgbaston with trams operating every six to eight minutes at peak times. Construction work is under way on two extensions routes ...

Anne Shaw joined Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) eight years ago as Director of Network Resilience before taking up the ...

West Midlands mayor Andy Street is to lead a private sector consortium to re-examine the HS2 project and explore the possibility of reviving the now-cancelled Birmingham to Manchester rail link.

A primary school relocated after 141 years to make way for HS2 is set to cut its capacity by a third having seen “many ...

The Government initially estimated that HS2 would cost £37.5 billion in 2009 prices, according to a report by the House of Commons Library. This is the equivalent of £56.9 billion today, after ...

MANCHESTER, England, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Britain's second and third cities on Friday published plans for a new railway to counter the blow of last year's government decision to gut much of the HS2 ...

Research from Arcadis shows the rail link will act as a signifcant catalyst to development over the next 10 years.

The project currently has six TBMs working across two tunnels. Credit: HS2 The UK’s HS2 high-speed project has reached the halfway point of boring the 54.8 mile long network of tunnels that form the ...

A great "will he, won't he" of British politics rumbled on today after Rishi Sunak repeatedly refused to say if the northern leg of HS2 will be scrapped. Asked on "BBC Breakfast" whether he was set to ...

Trains to and from Redditch have been cancelled after an amber weather warning was issued for the West midlands. National Rail has confirmed that there is disruption to services across the London ...

The fascinating moment HS2 archaeologists uncovered more than 6,500 skeletons at an historic Birmingham burial ground has been documented as part of a new TV series. BBC Two documentary, The Biggest ...