HSRIL welcome the announcement of the Oakervee Review, and look forward to it reporting on the unassailable case for HS2 Recent HSRIL report shows that HS2 is essential for bringing Britain back together Review should consider how HS2 can deliver 3 hour London-Scotland journeys in line with the Prime Minister’s Read more…
High Speed Rail Industry Leaders welcomes MP’s decision to pass the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill. This will enable the delivery of the next part of HS2, Phase 2a, which takes the scheme from Birmingham to Crewe and opens the way to the North. Phase 2a brings Read more…
Our latest report “Why Britain Needs HS2” is part of a submission to the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review. The report shows that completing HS2 is essential for smashing the UK’s north-south divide, and outlines how the project will deliver improved rail services to far more towns and cities than is Read more…
HS2 MINISTER NUSRAT GHANI MP CONFIRMED THE GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO INTEGRATING HS2 AND NORTHERN POWERHOUSE RAIL, STATING IT IS “COMPLETELY FALSE TO SAY THE NORTH CAN’T HAVE BOTH PROJECTS” VOICES FROM THE NORTH AND MIDLANDS CAME TOGETHER TO CALL FOR HS2 TO BE COMPLETED ALL THE WAY MAYOR OF GREATER Read more…
Enabling works for HS2 are taking place at sites in Birmingham, Old Oak Common and Euston, showing the breadth of opportunities that the project is injecting into the economy. HS2 is now supporting some 9000 jobs across 250 sites on the first phase of the route, on a diverse range Read more…
Images have been released for the proposed rolling stock designs The bidders for the rolling stock contract are: Alstom, Bombardier/Hitachi, CAF, Siemens and Talgo The contract is worth £2.75 billion and will cover at least 54 HS2 trains A spokesman for HSRIL said: “We are pleased to see the range of impressive designs released by Read more…
High Speed Rail Industry Leaders’ fourth annual conference will take place in Manchester on Tuesday 18 June. Register here to secure your space. Through a programme of keynote addresses and panel discussions, this free conference will focus on bringing together supporters of HS2 and promoting the connection between HS2, Northern Read more…
Our response to speculation about the future of HS2: “High Speed 2 is the most important economic development project in Britain. It is already underway, and has already created thousands of jobs. Tens of thousands more will follow in the coming years as it integrates into the Midlands Connect and Northern Powerhouse Read more…
Local, regional and national political leaders joined HSRIL at an event in Birmingham to present a positive and compelling message about how HS2 is the ‘missing piece’ in bridging national connectivity divides. The event, at which a giant jigsaw was unveiled, highlighted that for the UK to get the full Read more…
As part of our ongoing support for the National College for High Speed Rail, Siemens recently offered students the opportunity to visit both their National Training Academy for Rail and Kingsheath Traincare Facility. Students were able to see the two generations of EMU Rolling Stock on site (Class 319 and Read more…