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Environment secretary lambasts HS2’s £100m bat shelter

Steve Reed says plans for 1km curved structure to protect bats from high-speed railway are ‘batshit crazy’

The Guardian - UK

HS2 boss issues stark warning for 2025

More than 31,000 people are employed on the programme

The Independent UK

HS2 in ‘very serious situation’ and needs 'fundamental reset', boss warns

Warning issued as HS2 Ltd publishes update outlining progress in building 140-mile line between London and West Midlands

Evening Standard

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HS2 costs could hit £66bn, progress report says

This is up from the last estimate for phase one – £49 to £57 billion – from November 2023.

Evening Standard

Old Oak Common: Latest on £2bn new HS2 station and efforts to reduce disruption at Paddington

All HS2 passengers guaranteed a seat - but level boarding problem for Elizabeth line passengers unresolved

Evening Standard

Paddington station chaos: rail minister promises passengers 'some relief' from HS2 closures

Work at Old Oak Common is having impact on Great Western Railway, Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express

Evening Standard

Finishing HS2 and getting it to Euston 'even bigger challenge than completing Crossrail', says rail minister

Lord Hendy says vision for Euston is to integrate new HS2 station with mainline rail station and bigger Tube station

Evening Standard

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Euston and Euston Square underground stations need to be urgently upgraded, leaked report reveals

A report said there is ‘no clear direction’ to sort issues at Euston and Euston Square stations

Evening Standard

HS2 spending more than £100m to build bat ‘shed’

Expensive saga an example of UK’s ‘genuine problem’ with completing major infrastructure projects, project’s chair says

The Independent UK

Cost of ‘bat shed’ to protect colony near HS2 has topped £100m, chair says

Jon Thompson tells industry conference there was ‘no evidence’ that bats were at risk from the trains

The Guardian - UK

HS2 Ltd spending more than £100m on bat ‘shed’, says chairman

Sir Jon Thompson said this is despite there being ‘no evidence that high-speed trains interfere with bats’.

The Independent UK

Labour give HS2 director new £950-per-day 'value for money' role

THE Labour Government will pay its “value for money” tsar – who previously oversaw HS2 spending – £950 a day ...

The National (Scotland)

Yes, review HS2’s ‘dire’ delivery – but contract renegotiation matters more

To unpick this debacle, the transport secretary will have to cajole companies to go against their shareholders’ interests

The Guardian - UK

HS2 claim their trains will have UK’s ‘most comfortable seats’ as test designs revealed

The HS2 trains will include recling seats, plenty of leg room and reading lights

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘Best-in-class’ seats and no bog-standard loos: first look at HS2 train interiors

Carriages for controversial high-speed line focus on passenger comfort, innovations and headroom, mock-ups reveal

The Guardian - UK

Call in Anish Kapoor for an HS2 monument

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Evening Standard

HS2 high speed rail line looks certain to run to Euston as No10 stresses it is 'how not if'

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has given the strongest signal yet that high speed trains will go to Euston rather than stopping at Old Oak Common in west London

The Guardian - UK

Euston is a problem without a good solution

The final irony of the HS2 fiasco would be the next blueprint for the station looking like the one rejected as unaffordable in 2020

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The Independent UK

Outdated London Euston station needs major overhaul amid overcrowding fears, says Network Rail

Transport secretary Louise Haigh agrees five-point plan to tackle overcrowding and confusion at terminus with ‘zombie’ HS2 building site

The Independent UK

Government faces end of year deadline to decide if HS2 will reach Euston

Ministers must decide on the 4.5-mile route within four months, sources say

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rachel Reeves must set out a positive vision for Britain

This was supposed to be Labour’s victory parade. The first party conference in government since 2009, when cabinet minister after cabinet minister would be taking curtain calls in front of adoring delegates and party members. Instead, an air of tetchiness has descended on Liverpool.

Evening Standard

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New HS2 station: Paddington trains diverted to Euston at Christmas until 2030 and Elizabeth line services disrupted

Great Western Railway planning festive switch of London terminals when construction work at Old Oak Common temporarily closes rail lines

Evening Standard

New HS2 station could be redesigned to allow level boarding for Elizabeth line services

Questions over accessibility come just days after ex-Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced to ‘crawl off’ a train at King’s Cross

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists in frame for £1m costs of protest bans run up by UK’s biggest law firm

DLA Piper seeking to recover costs in relation to injunctions it secured for National Highways and HS2, records show

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