After seeing off HS2, dairy farmer John Edge fears Labour’s plan for a new north-south railway line will only continue years of uncertainty over the future of his land

The construction of HS2 was always going to miss its delivery target because the plan was rushed by ministers, the government's former infrastructure chief has said. Sir John Armitt, who ended his tenure as the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission on 31 December, believes the haste in drawing up the project's blueprint hobbled it.

Stations that HS2 will serve are: London Euston; the current capital hub for trains to the west midlands and north west, Old Oak Common; a new station in Harlesden, north west London, which will provide a link to the Elizabeth line when it opens,

HS2 has published a new set of figures outlining headway made by the project both above and below ground throughout 2025.

Minutes from Euston Partnership Board meetings show how ministers have given "an in-principal steer" to look at futureproofing.

The proposed HS2 station at Euston is to be “future-proofed” for a possible expansion that would enable more trains to run on the long-awaited high-speed line.