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An open letter to the Prime Minister, regarding the importance of HS2’s Eastern leg, from HSRG and the Railway Industry Association: Dear Prime Minister Last year you rightly committed your government to deliver HS2 in full. You did so because you understood it is the UK’s most important infrastructure project Read more…
A new railhead near the village of Calvert has been opened which will help HS2 continue to deliver construction material by rail to its biggest Buckinghamshire site without putting extra lorries on local roads. The new railhead – the second to be built at Calvert – will allow HS2 to Read more…
Work has now begun to excavate the first of five shafts that will provide ventilation and emergency access to HS2’s ten-mile long tunnels under the Chiltern Hills. The structure was designed by HS2 Ltd’s main works contractor Align JV, made up of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick Read more…
HS2 and its industry partners have achieved certification by the Energy Saving Trust for the second stage of a retrofit innovation trial, meaning the green technology can now be rolled out to larger Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) and bring substantial benefits for the whole industry. The solution, manufactured by British Read more…
HS2 designers have more than halved the amount of embedded carbon in Wendover Dean Viaduct in Buckinghamshire using an innovative ‘double composite’ approach – which involves two steel girders sandwiched between two layers of reinforced concrete to create a super strong but light weight span. The 450m viaduct was recently Read more…
We welcome the publication of the Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan, in particular its recognition of the important role that modal shift in favour of low carbon transport, alongside important investments including rail electrification, will play in the journey to net zero. The publication is a useful step in that journey, Read more…
The Costain Skanska Joint Venture (CSjv) is marking a significant milestone. The joint venture has been on the HS2 Enabling Works Programme since 2016, and at the end of 2020, had employed over 200 previously unemployed people and reached over 11,000 young people in schools. CSjv is a founding partner Read more…
More landscape designs have been revealed by HS2 that show how an area around the River Cole in Warwickshire could be transformed for local people to enjoy. The Design Joint Venture working for Balfour Beatty VINCI JV (BBV) on these proposals consists of global consultancies Mott MacDonald and Systra together Read more…
As part of its innovation programme, HS2 Ltd is working with design and technology SME, CCD Design & Ergonomics and station designer WSP to develop efficient and stress-free ‘wayfinding’ for the quarter of a million people who will use the new 14-platform super-hub in North West London each day. The Read more…
The process to procure the construction contractor to build the HS2 Interchange Station has started with bidders asked to put themselves forward for the £370m contract. Interchange Station will be one of the best connected stations on the high-speed network in the Midlands, sitting as an integral part of the growth Read more…