HS2 trains could run 16% slower than planned to save billions, minister says

HS2 trains could run 16% slower than planned to save billions, minister says

The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

HS2 trains could travel at reduced speeds to cut 'spiralling costs'

Trains travelling on the new railway between Birmingham and London could run at reduced speeds to reduce spiralling costs of the project

HS2 could become a little less high-speed to save on time and costs

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Transport Secretary mulls running HS2 trains at slower speed to keep costs down

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

Huge update to HS2 plans with train speeds set to change to cut costs

High Speed 2 - known as HS2 - was originally commissioned to run at 360km/h, which would have made its trains the fastest conventional high-speed trains anywhere in the world

HS2 trains could run slower than planned to save money

The government is looking at ways to make much-delayed London to Birmingham railway line cheaper to deliver.