We write to you as members of High Speed Rail Industry Leaders and the wider rail supply chain to offer you our support in your review of HS2, and make clear that we believe the scheme offers value fr money and must be delivered in full. Without completing HS2, the Read more…
HSRIL welcome the announcement of the Oakervee Review, and look forward to it reporting on the unassailable case for HS2 Recent HSRIL report shows that HS2 is essential for bringing Britain back together Review should consider how HS2 can deliver 3 hour London-Scotland journeys in line with the Prime Minister’s Read more…
High Speed Rail Industry Leaders welcomes MP’s decision to pass the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill. This will enable the delivery of the next part of HS2, Phase 2a, which takes the scheme from Birmingham to Crewe and opens the way to the North. Phase 2a brings Read more…
Our latest report “Why Britain Needs HS2” is part of a submission to the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review. The report shows that completing HS2 is essential for smashing the UK’s north-south divide, and outlines how the project will deliver improved rail services to far more towns and cities than is Read more…
HS2 MINISTER NUSRAT GHANI MP CONFIRMED THE GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO INTEGRATING HS2 AND NORTHERN POWERHOUSE RAIL, STATING IT IS “COMPLETELY FALSE TO SAY THE NORTH CAN’T HAVE BOTH PROJECTS” VOICES FROM THE NORTH AND MIDLANDS CAME TOGETHER TO CALL FOR HS2 TO BE COMPLETED ALL THE WAY MAYOR OF GREATER Read more…
Our response to speculation about the future of HS2: “High Speed 2 is the most important economic development project in Britain. It is already underway, and has already created thousands of jobs. Tens of thousands more will follow in the coming years as it integrates into the Midlands Connect and Northern Powerhouse Read more…
HS2 Ltd has published the first images of the Old Oak Common station design in west London. The new high speed station will be part of phase one of the project between London and Birmingham, and will be the first stop on the line’s for trains starting at the southern terminus at Read more…
HS2 is not just about faster journey times – it will transform towns and communities across the country. A remodelled hub at Crewe will serve Cheshire, Staffordshire, North Wales and the Mersey-Dee area, bringing transport and economic development benefits through transformational connectivity for all of its users. Our latest report Read more…
Ashford International Station will now see more high speed services from Europe, after the completion of a £10m project that has included an upgrade to the track, adaptation of Ashford’s international platforms and state-of the-art signalling equipment. The improvement to what is known as the Ashford spur means that the track Read more…
Since Royal Assent was granted last year construction has already begun along the Phase One route, which will run from London to the West Midlands and is due to be mostly completed by 2025. The first train services are expected to run on the line from 2026. Enabling work has Read more…