HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government is to ...

High Speed 2 - known as HS2 - was originally commissioned to run at 360km/h, which would have made its trains the fastest ...

HS2 trains may be slowed down in a bid to stop the £100billion project spiralling further out of control. Ministers are ...

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch ...

Reducing the high-speed rail project from its intended speed of 360km per hour could save an amount in the ‘low billions’, ...

This means HS2 trains could not be tested at their intended operating speeds until a bespoke test track, or the railway ...

HS2 trains could run at slower speeds than originally planned as part of a drive to keep the costs of the major rail project ...

HS2 trains could run slower in effort to cut costs on embattled project - The trains were set to have a maximum speed of ...

Plans to make HS2 the fastest regular passenger rail service on the planet could be scrapped to save time and costs on the ...

UK ministers are set to order the management of High Speed 2 to explore last-ditch attempts to cut the cost of the rail project, including reducing the speed of its trains. Mark W ...

Latest DfT report into project out this afternoon but will not give update on cost and schedule range which is now due by ...

HS2 has been designed to allow trains to run at up to 360km/h (224mph), but most high-speed trains in this country run at up ...