A group of apprentices today delivered a letter to Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, urging him not to scrap the “transformational” HS2 project that is “part of all our futures”. Arguing that their “voices should be heard” in the ongoing debate around HS2’s future, the apprentices, all working for High Read more…
We welcome the new research from Midlands Connect, which shows that 73 stations on the existing rail network stand to benefit from improved passenger services as a direct result of the capacity released by HS2. Amongst the biggest winners from HS2 are the smaller towns and cities identified by today’s Read more…
London has an escalating homelessness problem, with around 3,500 rough sleepers in the capital between October and December 2018; an increase of 18% year on year. Nearly 650 homeless people have died in London over the last five years and with the life expectancy of rough sleepers around 44 years Read more…
It is our view that the GLA Conservative’s report ‘High Speed Fail: An Alternative Plan to HS2’ contains a series of flawed arguments. It perpetuates the false choice of pitting HS2 against other major projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) and Crossrail 2. The choice that has been presented Read more…
High Speed Rail Industry Leaders welcomes the launch of Midlands Engine Rail – a £3.5 billion improvement programme to transform the region’s rail network – by Sub-national Transport Body Midlands Connect. The programme emphasises the essential importance of HS2 to the future of the transport network in the region, acknowledging HS2 as the backbone of the Midlands’ future plans for east-west and north-south rail passenger and freight connectivity across the region and beyond.
Made up of seven projects spanning the East and West Midlands, the programme is strategically-important in supercharging the Midlands Engine economy and is designed to drive sustainability, productivity and social mobility across the whole region. It also includes and builds upon the flagship Midlands Rail Hub scheme; aimed at boosting east-west connectivity, which was submitted to Government in June 2019. (more…)
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…