HS2 Ltd has revealed the first images of its planned Oxford Canal Viaduct and is seeking views from the local community about the design of the viaduct between Banbury and Daventry. This is one of 15 viaducts and bridges across the central section of the HS2 route, designed by our Read more…
We spoke to Bethany Williamson, a civil engineering apprentice from our High Speed Rail Apprentice Network, based in Birmingham, and working for Balfour Beatty Vinci. Can you describe your role in a few words? I work with the design team here – engaging with key stakeholders to ensure that the Read more…
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…
HS2 has revealed revised designs of the railway in the Canley Brook area near Kenilworth in Warwickshire which will significantly reduce environmental impacts and avoid a major realignment of a local river, preserving the home of protected wildlife such as otters and bats. The design changes, developed by HSRG members Read more…
HS2 has revealed the final design for the headhouse that will provide emergency access to the new high-speed railway’s tunnels as they approach Euston station. Developed by HSRG members Costain, Skanska and STRABAG (as the joint venture), and working with design partners Design House, the headhouses will be one of Read more…
Rail has long been at the heart of UK transport infrastructure and by the time the first HS2 service comes into operation it will have been over 200 years since the first public railway opened in Britain. High Speed Rail however offers the opportunity to completely rethink station design in Read more…
The philosophy and project-based culture at Idom ensures that its UK team collaborates in international IDOM Group rail projects. For example, the team seeks to bring international expertise to the UK – being actively involved in railway innovation and research, which will provide new rail technology and designs that will Read more…