The HS2 project in the U.K. has broken ground at the Old Oak Common station, despite a long history of delays and setbacks.

The UK’s high-speed rail project HS2 will not meet its scheduled 2033 completion date or stay within budget, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told Parliament on Tuesday, citing systemic failures, ...

In a flurry of hype 15 years ago, the then transport secretary, Lord Adonis, announced the go-ahead for building High Speed 2 ...

Dame Bernadette Kelly, the top civil servant at the Department for Transport (DfT), is to step down after nearly eight years ...

A fraud inquiry has been launched into the HS2 high-speed rail line after costs soared by £37billion. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander described the troubled rail line linking London and Birmingham ...

To the editor: Completing California’s high-speed rail project is necessary for our climate, our economy and the nation. Air travel, by comparison, is terribly polluting of the atmosphere.

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said there is no viable path forward for California's High-Speed Rail project and warned it may rescind $4 billion in government funding in ...

Government Spending. DOGE Sets Its Sights on High-Speed Rail After nearly two decades and billions in federal funding, California’s high-speed rail project still isn’t up and running.