Archive: Hs2

Comment: MPs need to realise we just don't need HS2

Joe Rukin: "By not investing in ultra high speed rail in the last few years, the UK has dodged a bullet"

No matter how big the question marks over the HS2 project get, the government seems even more determined to push the project through. The only way to apply the brakes is for MPs to be responsible.

DfT braces for bad news in HS2 judicial review ruling

Stop HS2: High speed rail report is scathing

MPs: High speed rail could boost growth

'Virtually no evidence' HS2 will boost growth, damning report finds

Businessmen on trains: The Department for Transport assumes they never work in transit.

The business case for High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) was dealt a body-blow today, with the publication of a report which raises serious questions about the research which has gone into the project.

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Comment: HS2 is going ahead, but the battle for hearts and minds continues

Alex Burrows, head of transport and infrastructure at Insight Public Affairs.

With two bills dedicated to it, High Speed Rail 2 is firmly on course, but the debate is still about perception rather than facts.

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'Make the case for HS2 benefits', say experts

The case for HS2 will be made in parliament following the introduction of two bills in the Queen's Speech

If High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) is to achieve a groundswell of public support then the wider economic case for it needs to be made, a panel of transport experts concluded last night.

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Comment: BML2 – the high speed spine which can solve our congestion problem

Brian Hart: 'The cost would be significant, but the rewards immense.'

With rail usage continuing to soar in London and south-east, proposals for a Brighton Main Line 2 are starting to get a serious hearing.

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Comment: If you oppose HS2, you have to vote Ukip

David Meacock: 'Please don't feel guilty about betraying the Conservative party, they've already betrayed you – and without a care.'

The Conservative party's failure to adequately fight HS2 are the last straw - lifelong Tories who oppose it should vote for Ukip.

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Property compensation consultation on HS2 was 'unlawful'

Court ruling: HS2 compensation consultation was illegal

The government's consultation on compensation for homeowners affected by the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail route was "so unfair as to be unlawful", a high court judge has found.

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DfT braces for bad news in HS2 judicial review ruling

Britain's future HS2 network won't suffer a "major hiccup" as a result of the judicial review, Simon Burns believes

Campaigners are set to discover whether the coalition's much-disputed high speed rail consultation was illegal when a judge finally delivers his ruling later.

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'It's a living nightmare': Parliament's anti-HS2 ringleader emerges

Cheryl Gillan: 'They woke on Monday morning to the living nightmare my constituents have experienced since March 2010'

Commuters will see their rail fares continue to rise to pay for the new High Speed Rail line, its leading parliamentary critic has said.

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Tory grassroots lead charge against HS2

Protesters gathered outside the Royal Court of Justice

Rural Conservative councillors are taking on the government's flagship High Speed 2 rail project with a week of legal challenges.

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HS1 boss questions case for HS2

Does Britain need a high speed network like other European countries?

High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) has come under fire from the chairman of Britain's first high-speed rail network, in a further setback for officials at the Department for Transport.

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