Transport Briefing

HS2 names firms on professional services roster

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

HS2 Ltd has revealed the companies which have secured a place on its professional services framework. Contracts will be let to around 20 firms to advance work on the High Speed 2 phase one programme....

Neil: start HS2 Scotland detailed planning now

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Construction of a third phase of High Speed 2 could begin before construction of phase two is completed. Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment Alex Neil has ratcheted...

DfT advertises Briscoe and Munro jobs at HS2

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Top jobs on HS2 Ltd's board, including chief executive and chairman roles, are being advertised by the Department for Transport. The DfT has signed up executive recruitment agency Odgers Berndtson to...

High Speed 2 development contract awarded to CH2M Hill

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

CH2M Hill has been named as HS2 Ltd's development partner for the next phase of engineering, design and environmental work on the London to West Midlands high speed rail line. HS2 Ltd says the new...

HS2 released rail capacity options published

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Network Rail and Passenger Focus have set out the improved level of service commuters using trains on the West Coast Main Line could expect if High Speed 2 is built. Building on responses from a...

HS2 starts recruiting to deliver new railway

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

HS2 Ltd has embarked on a major recruitment drive following the government's decision to press ahead with construction of a new high speed railway. Transport secretary Justine Greening gave the go...

Greening stands firm and approves High Speed 2

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The government has embarked on the largest transport infrastructure programme since construction of Britain's motorways by committing to build High Speed 2. Transport secretary Justine Greening's...

Network Rail takes apart HS2 alternatives

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Network Rail has rejected alternatives to building a high speed rail line claiming proposals backed by opponents to High Speed 2 would deliver fewer benefits and involve major disruption to train...

HS2 backers tell government to start construction

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A final push designed to persuade government to go ahead with plans for High Speed 2 has seen letters from business leaders, university professors and trade unions published in national newspapers...

Deutsche Bahn London delay puts Eurostar ahead

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Deutsche Bahn, the German state-owned train operator planning to run new international services between London and the Continent, has put back its launch date by two years. In October 2010 DB...