News and communications

Review of High Speed 2 (HS2) including overview, programme update, schedule, community and environmental impact.

• Updated: 23 March 2021

Publication of information protecting a site in Leeds for HS2 development.

• Updated: 14 July 2020

HS2 Ltd has unveiled updated designs for Old Oak Common Station, as part of the Schedule 17 submission to the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC).

• Updated: 19 February 2020

The first major structure to be built at Euston as part of HS2 has received the green light, with the London Borough of Camden approving the design for the high speed rail project’s eye-catching ‘sugar cube’ which will house…

• Updated: 9 August 2019

In a UK-first, the power of immersive augmented reality is being harnessed to train staff who will run the HS2 north London super hub at Old Oak Common.

• Updated: 8 August 2019

New driver-less transport system will connect the Interchange Station with new stops at Birmingham Airport, Birmingham International Station, and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

• Updated: 16 July 2019

Update on HS2 Phase 2B consultations and safeguarding directions.

• Updated: 6 June 2019

In an innovative first, engineers developing the HS2 super-hub at Old Oak Common in north west London are proposing plans to tap heat from the brakes and engines of high speed trains to heat water and power central heating o…

• Updated: 16 March 2019

HS2 today named the construction teams that will be awarded contracts to deliver the project’s London terminus and its west London super-hub at Old Oak Common in deals which could support up to 4,000 jobs across the UK.

• Updated: 6 February 2019

HS2 today unveiled the latest designs for Old Oak Common, as HS2 minister, Nusrat Ghani, visited the construction site to meet HS2 staff, its contractors and Chair of OPDC.

• Updated: 5 February 2019

HS2 today began the search for the construction team that will take the new Curzon Street station from concept to reality, and put Birmingham firmly at the heart of the HS2 network.

• Updated: 19 November 2018

HS2 will release images for 2 of its brand new stations, marking a significant milestone for the programme, cementing the project’s commitment to the Midlands and emphasising the region’s place at the heart of Britain’s new …

• Updated: 9 October 2018

New woodlands and safer local roads to be created through additional HS2 funding.

• Updated: 25 June 2018

HS2 Ltd announces the station design contracts shortlists for London and Birmingham and for the long-term development around Euston station.

• Updated: 17 July 2017

The search for world-class architects, designers and developers to deliver four ambitious and iconic new HS2 stations began today with the publication of contract opportunities for station designs and a development partner f…

• Updated: 7 April 2017

Plans to bring the benefits of HS2 further north, six years early, have taken a step forward with the appointment of consultants to provide detailed structural design and environmental services on the route between Birmingha…

• Updated: 15 December 2015

Appointment of a new independent design panel that will support the HS2 project.

• Updated: 10 November 2015

HS2's design must work for the people who will use it, for the cities it will serve, and for the future.

• Updated: 6 August 2015

HS2 Design Panel Chair, Sadie Morgan, has begun recruiting experts from many different design disciplines to the Panel that will oversee the design development of High Speed Two.

• Updated: 23 July 2015

HS2 Ltd sets out how it will use design to achieve its ambitious social, economic and environmental goals

• Updated: 23 March 2015