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High Speed Two (HS2) is a high-speed railway line, which was originally proposed with the aim of connecting Manchester, London and Birmingham

Article thumbnail: Undated handout artist's impression image issued by HS2 of the Sheephouse Wood bat protection structure which will run for around one kilometre (0.6 miles) alongside the wood, creating a barrier allowing bats to cross above the high-speed HS2 railway without being affected by passing trains. Issue date: Thursday November 7, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story RAIL HS2. Photo credit should read: HS2/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Politics

HS2 building £100m ‘shed’ to protect bats from trains – but only 300 would benefit

The 1km-tunnel is being built in case Bechstein's bats 'forage' or 'commute' too close to the high-speed railway line - at a cost of almost £340,000 per bat

Kate McCann

Meet the man in charge of Reeves’s Budget pledges

News
Big Read

'Manchester Piccadilly is full': The struggling station 'too small' for HS2

Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 21: In this image released on October 30, 2024 members of the HS2 team stop to watch as a cutterhead is lowered into position before being attached to the body of the tunnel boring machine, on October 21, 2024 in London, England. Work has begun on the High Speed Two (HS2) Euston tunnel in London, with the lifting of the cutterhead of a tunnel boring machine (TBM). The original design for the HS2 rail network project set out to connect the capital with Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds, but the plans have been curtailed in recent years over rising costs. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Politics

HS2 contracts could be amended to secure funds for London leg to Euston

News
Explained

A decade of chaos and overspend: What next for beleaguered HS2

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Article thumbnail: WATER ORTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Mining engineers pose as they inspect the progress of the Mary Ann tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the HS2 Bromford Tunnel on September 17, 2024 in Water Orton, England. The construction of the Bromford tunnel, HS2's gateway to Birmingham, has reached the halfway point with the 1,600 tonne TBM, named 'Mary Ann' excavating 1.75 miles of the first bore of the 3.5 mile tunnel. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: WATER ORTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Mining engineers pose as they inspect the progress of the Mary Ann tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the HS2 Bromford Tunnel on September 17, 2024 in Water Orton, England. The construction of the Bromford tunnel, HS2's gateway to Birmingham, has reached the halfway point with the 1,600 tonne TBM, named 'Mary Ann' excavating 1.75 miles of the first bore of the 3.5 mile tunnel. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: A person walks past a promotional hoarding on the perimeter of the HS2 high speed railway construction site on Curzon Street in Birmingham, Britain, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Article thumbnail: A person walks past a promotional hoarding on the perimeter of the HS2 high speed railway construction site on Curzon Street in Birmingham, Britain, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attends a conversation with U.K. CEO of GroupM Karen Blackett, at a fringe meeting during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attends a conversation with U.K. CEO of GroupM Karen Blackett, at a fringe meeting during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo