Mark Wild visits the Old Oak Common station box site

HS2 boss Mark Wild was giving evidence to the transport committee just hours after the government announced a revised timetable and budget for the project.

Why heavy rain could be another significant problem for HS2

The Transport Secretary is set to announce that the maximum speed of HS2 trains will be 320km/h (199mph), 40km/h less than originally planned. 

HS2 could cost more than £100bn and may not open until 2039, says minister

Jaiden Shehata was walking to school when the accident happened at about 8.03am on January 23.

Boy who died after being hit by train at crossing ‘was distracted by phone’

New chief executive Mark Wild is carrying out a review of HS2’s cost and timetable.

HS2 costs 'could hit £66bn' up from previous £57 billion estimate, report says

Railway workers at Old Oak Common in west London. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has written to the Prime Minister about the fate of HS2, warning it could end up being a "colossal waste of public money" if the northern leg and the Euston terminus in central London are not completed.

Their combined pay was up to £8.8 million.

How dozens of HS2 officials are paid at least £150,000 a year

The Government announced in February that it was pausing HS2 work at Euston because costs had ballooned

The Government announced in February that it was pausing HS2 work at Euston because costs had ballooned.

Bringing HS2 to Euston will need ‘compromise’ says rail minister

Karen Harrison became fully qualified in 1979 but suffered discrimination, with staff refusing to work with her, and her locker being defaced.

Pioneering train driver got job interview because bosses thought she was a man

Video posted online showed a sprawling mound of liquified mud turning to steam.

Puddle of boiling mud delays trains on busy commuter line

An estimated 41.4 million passengers travelled through London Waterloo in the year to March 2022 beating out Stratford, which last year took the crown.

Waterloo reclaims title as Britain's busiest railway station

an injured swan that had to be rescued after it made its way onto the tracks at a station in west London

Rush-hour commuters had their journeys disrupted on Monday after the swan blocked two trains on the tracks at South Acton station.

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