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PB bags HS2 railway systems design double

15/05/12 Parsons Brinckerhoff has won two railway systems design contracts under Lot 2 of HS2 Ltd's professional services framework. The first contract...

Munro retains HS2 Ltd chief executive role

26/04/12 Alison Munro has been reappointed as chief executive of HS2 Ltd three months after her position was advertised by the Department for Transport. In...

High Speed 2 £4bn optimism bias under review

24/04/12 Baseline costs and contingency estimates for High Speed 2 are being reviewed following government concerns about the way budgets for different...

HS2 awards rail design contracts worth £50m

05/04/12 Four more contracts have been awarded by HS2 Ltd under its professional services framework. Worth nearly £50m in total, the design contracts have...

HS2 completes environment assessment awards

28/03/12 HS2 Ltd has awarded the remaining four contracts under Lot 3 Environmental Services of the company's professional services framework. A consortium of...

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SoS looks to bring forward HS2 phase two consultation

28/03/12 Transport secretary Justine Greening has updated parliament on the second phase of High Speed 2 as HS2 Ltd hands over to her its recommendations for...

HS2 headline numbers and latest changes

11/01/12 Tuesday's big High Speed 2 announcement was accompanied by an avalanche of paperwork setting out the latest calculations on which the government has...

Scotland steps up high speed rail lobbying

15/12/11 With the transport secretary due to spend Christmas ruminating over government plans for High Speed 2, the Scots are taking the opportunity to remind...

Battle line set to bring Crossrail to Euston

22/11/11 High Speed 2 has given the Mayor of London a bargaining chip with which to negotiate for new funding for transport investment including a platform to...