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High Speed 2: Britain’s Mega-Rail Mission

High Speed 2 (HS2) is the UK's most ambitious infrastructure project in decades - costing upwards of £100 billion. Designed to connect London to Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds, it's a bet on ...
CNN

Britain is building one of the world’s most expensive railways. Many people now think it’s pointless

Building new railways is an expensive business. Even in ideal circumstances, carving a new route through the landscape costs millions of dollars per mile and can take decades to complete. If you want ...
Bloomberg L.P.

UK’s HS2 Railway Project Faces Further Delays and Cost Increases

The UK government is set to announce that the completion of the High Speed 2 rail line will be delayed and the cost will rise, faulting the previous Conservative administration for wasting billions of ...
Visalia Times-Delta

High-speed rail 2025: A look at connecting California with Las Vegas

California and transportation officials met Monday near Bakersfield to announce that the high-speed rail project has officially entered a new phase that brings the start of passenger service one step ...
Sacramento Bee

California high-speed rail may lose $4 billion. Should it continue?

More than a month after the Trump administration moved to rescind $4 billion in expected funding, the future of California’s high-speed rail project remains uncertain. The money hasn’t been ...