Saltley Viaduct in Birmingham will shut to vehicles and pedestrians from 10 May.

A section of a key Midland railway line is to close for three days to allow for essential HS2 works. No trains will operate ...

HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...

Linda Franklin, who lives opposite a construction site in Water Orton, says she "dreads coming home".

Senior government officials have defended a decision to put a key strand of the £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) ...

The line could cost £100bn but HS2 says it is spearheading wider regeneration in the West Midlands. A brother and sister who live nearby describe hearing noise at night "that is so abrupt and loud". A ...

A dairy farmer whose farm escaped being cut in half by the scrapped HS2 line now faces having a huge underground gas pipeline running through his land. Peter Oakes told The Independent he felt like he ...

The elected mayor for the West Midlands expects to put his alternative proposals to the cancelled HS2 Birmingham to Manchester line to ministers next summer. Sign up for the top news stories every day ...

Supporters say it will herald a new era of travel to make travelling between the Midlands and London easier than ever before. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with ...