2025年1月13日 · Current assessments of HS2 are too gloomy, as several frugal tweaks are available to improve its business case in the changed rail market, says Stuart Porter. DfT looking at ways to protect space for additional HS2 Euston platforms - …

2024年10月9日 · The Government is reportedly considering giving the green light for a new high-speed rail line – dubbed “HS2-light” – to run between Birmingham and Manchester. This link would be a substitute for...

2024年12月8日 · A decision to build a new rail line between Birmingham and Manchester, dubbed HS2-lite, has been kicked into the long grass as ministers focus on fixing the existing high speed project, The i...

2024年10月15日 · More than 20 business leaders across the North-West have called on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves to announce support for its “HS2 Lite” scheme that was recently proposed by both the mayors of Greater Manchester and the …

2024年10月9日 · London business leaders are warning that the HS2 extension to Euston is “vital ” amid the uncertainty over the huge infrastructure project. But HS2 has been plagued by doubts over whether it...

2025年3月19日 · The line – nicknamed HS2-lite – would use conventional tracks rather than the expensive “slab track” used on the first phase of HS2 between London and Birmingham. It would also mainly be funded...

2024年10月9日 · Ministers are considering a “ HS2 light” railway line linking Birmingham and Manchester as part of a cheaper proposal to solve the “capacity crunch” in the north. The scaled-back HS2 ‘Phase 2’...

2024年10月17日 · The “HS2 Lite” option as it was coined claimed a new slower line on the same route could be up to 40% cheaper. This proposal was also recently championed by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. However, the spokesman did confirm that plans for HS2 and other projects would be laid out in “due course”.

2024年10月9日 · According to The Times, plans for an ‘HS2 lite’ railway between Birmingham and Manchester are under consideration by teh government. This would see a link built from Birmingham to Crewe to...

2025年3月21日 · A group of businesses wrote to the Treasury last year to request backing for the project in the Autumn Budget, arguing that HS2-lite could unlock up to £70 billion a year in growth. The...