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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
Apprentice Network

High Speed Tales – Podcast from HSR Apprentice Network

Our High Speed Rail Apprentice Network is made up of apprentices and graduates from across the HS2 project and its contractors, and the wider HSR industry. The network provides the opportunity for networking, meeting other apprentices and sharing experiences and best practice. The network’s Podcast Series – called High Speed Tales gives apprentices the Read more…

By Deborah, 4 years7 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

Excavation begins for HS2’s first ‘barn design’ tunnel vent shaft

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…

By Deborah, 4 years ago
Industry News

HSRG response to the Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan

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…

By Deborah, 4 years ago
Industry News

New standard set for social value on major infrastructure projects

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…

By Deborah, 4 years 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

HS2 Innovation Accelerator programme opened to tech firms

HS2 Ltd began the search for small innovative firms and start-ups to become part of the third cohort to join its Innovation Accelerator programme. In partnership with Connected Places Catapult and Bruntwood SciTech, HS2 Ltd is looking for five SMEs to develop new thinking, technology and processes in how data 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

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