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HS2's latest reset ditches autonomous train tech to get project back on track

Britain's most expensive train set loses some of its best toys in bid to actually leave the station

HS2 is set to ditch some of its most ambitious railway technology in a bid to make Britain's most troubled infrastructure project easier to finish.

A report by spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) published on Monday reveals the Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed changes to simplify parts of the railway's technical specification as part of HS2's latest reset, which began in January 2025. The report is the first full assessment of the project since the reset got underway.

The transport secretary asked HS2 Ltd in January to examine whether running trains more slowly could reduce cost, schedule risk, and testing time. The company responded by proposing a maximum operating speed of 320 km/h rather than 360 km/h.

One of the biggest casualties is automatic train operation (ATO), a system...

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