High Speed Rail

Keolis and Eurostar have announced that they are to enter a joint bid in the competition to operate the UK's East Coast main line (ECML). Keolis, which already operates the Southern, Southeastern, London Midland and TransPennine Express services, has said...

Eurostar will run direct services between London and Amsterdam from December 2016, the European rail operator has announced. The announcement has come as part a wider agreement confirmed today to upgrade the Dutch high-speed line between Brussels and Amsterdam. Eurostar has...

Outgoing Network Rail boss Sir David Higgins is to take over as chairman of HS2 Ltd following the announcement that Doug Oakervee would be stepping down at the start of next year. In a statement, Oakervee said he was "delighted"...

DB International has been appointed by the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) to "review" the design and construction of the country's first high-speed railway. The 450-kilometre double-track line, which will create a high-speed link between Jeddah and the holy cities of...

HS2's head of engineering and operations said the project is not an "open cheque book" in response to a barrage of negative press coverage about the cost of the planned high-speed rail network. The comments follow a series of articles...

A new report has suggested that Britain's regions would benefit most from HS2, quashing claims that the high-speed line would only bring greater prosperity the Southeast. KPMG believes the line would boost the UK's economy by £15 billion a year,...

Manchester City Council have produced a report which looks at how HS2 could transform Piccadilly Station and create a 'world-class intermodal transport facility' in the city. Working alongside Arup, HS2 and architects Bennetts Associates, the city authority looked at station...

The Spanish government has given the green light to begin tendering for three sections of the planned high-speed line between Madrid and the Portuguese border. The three sections cover a total of 16.8 kilometres between Plasencia station and Grimaldo in...

Tunnelling works are almost complete on a new high-speed line designed to open up Hong Kong to mainland China. It is a project that's not short of critics, with some who question the supposed benefits of the line and...

The Australian government has committed its support and $52 million to developing plans for the country's first high-speed rail line. Announcing the government's decision to fully-adopt recommendations set out by the High Speed Rail Advisory Group Report in its ‘On...