This month the High-speed rail international benchmarking study dated November 2016 was released. The findings come from an independent PwC investigation commissioned by former chancellor George Osborne in 2014. The review was finished in 2016 but its publication was delayed … Read more › “Report calls for a national rail/high-speed rail plan”
In our recent report – Beyond HS2 – we set out the most long-term and strategic view of what our national railway network should look like by the middle of the century. The report considers changes to the design of … Read more › “Beyond HS2: a new direction for High-Speed Rail and other services in the UK”
The Government’s announcements of July 17th commit £6.6bn to the construction of the Phase 1 scheme that gained Parliamentary powers earlier this year. The seven contracts that have been let cover civil engineering over the length of the Phase … Read more › “HS2 is happening!”
How often do we hear that we should learn from projects already implemented? In the case of HS2 of course, HS1 comes to mind.
The patient and wise might suggest that it is still too early to be definitive. If … Read more › “Lessons from HS1”
