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The importance of HS2’s Eastern Leg to Britain’s levelling up agenda

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…

By Deborah, 4 years15 September 2021 ago
Publications

High Speed Rail Yorkshire and North East Voices

As the Government prepares to publish the Integrated Rail Plan and make a decision on the Eastern Leg of HS2, it must listen carefully to the voices of Yorkshire and the North East that will be most impacted by the consequences of that decision. Our report – HSR Yorkshire & Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years26 August 2021 ago
Industry News

New HS2 Rail Freight Depot takes extra 24,000 HGVs off roads

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…

By Deborah, 4 years10 August 2021 ago
Apprentice Network

Samuel McCabe, Mechanical Design and Engineering Apprentice at Alstom

We spoke to Samuel McCabe, a Mechanical Design and Engineering Apprentice working in Wolverhampton for Alstom: Can you describe your role in a few words? I carry out design for refurbishment and modernisation of trams and trains. What were you doing prior to this? Prior to my apprenticeship I attended Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years ago
Industry News

Construction contract for HS2 Interchange Station launched

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…

By Deborah, 4 years7 June 2021 ago
Industry News

New piling innovation benefits construction industry

A new vacuum excavation technique for piling has been unveiled which could have massive benefits for the wider construction industry in the UK and abroad. Developed by specialist contractors working on HS2, the pioneering new approach is better for the environment, safer for workers and reduces construction noise, to the Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years ago
Industry News

HS2 launches first giant tunnelling machine

HS2 Ltd has launched the 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Florence’ from it’s South Portal site next to the M25 in Hertfordshire, the first of 10 giant tunnelling machines that will dig 64 miles of tunnels between London and the West Midlands. Named after nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale – Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years ago
Industry News

First of 112,000 Chiltern tunnel wall segments cast for HS2

The first of 112,000 walls segments for the Chiltern tunnel were produced at a purpose-built production line at the project’s tunnelling HQ close to the M25 in preparation for the launch of HS2’s first giant tunnelling machines. The project’s first two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) – named Florence and Cecilia Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years ago
Industry News

High Speed Rail Group responds to Union Connectivity Review Interim Report

We welcome the progress being made by Government in formulating plans for a new pan-UK strategic transport network, including faster and higher capacity connections from HS2 to Scotland and North Wales – which will benefit both passengers and freight. The Prime Minister’s comments in today’s Daily Telegraph on improving rail Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years ago
Industry News

Development starts for HS2 control centre and depot

HS2 is beginning the process of building the project’s central control centre and maintenance depot, which is a real milestone and a huge long-term opportunity for Birmingham’s Washwood Heath area. With main works civils construction now well underway, HS2 Ltd is putting the specialist team in place to support operation Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years2 March 2021 ago

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