CH2M pulls out of HS2 Phase 2b

This from PA...

#Breaking CH2M, handed £170m deal to develop Phase 2b of HS2, pulls out of that section due to "protracted delays and ongoing speculation"

— Press Association (@PA) March 29, 2017

More over at Guido, here.

DfT DG for HS2 departs for Oxford

David Prout off to the Dreaming Spires

Not a great week for HS2.

And so it begins...

The Article 50 letter. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/SO5R5BTvhw

— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) 29 March 2017

HS2 abandons classic compatible fleet - shocker

Welcome to the world of HS2 Nuspeak!

Gone is the fuddy duddy old fashioned term "classic compatible'.

In comes the snappy and exciting "conventional-compatible"!

Why use seven letters when twelve will do?

HS2 simplificating railwaytrainvehicle procurementpurchase for benefit travelpassenger!