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Letter to PM – responding to speculation around HS2 Phase 2

Dear Prime Minister and Chancellor, We write as the representatives of 21 businesses, who collectively employ thousands of people in the UK, to urge you to end the speculation and recommit to HS2 from Manchester to Euston. All the companies signing below are either based here or have substantial and Read more…

By Deborah, 5 days25 September 2023 ago
Industry News

HS2’s low-carbon Wendover viaduct

The first of 38 steel beams that will form the innovative low-carbon structure of HS2’s Wendover Dean Viaduct have completed their 560-mile journey to site ahead of the start of deck construction. Travelling at night to reduce disruption for the local community, the 25m long steel beams were transported on Read more…

By Deborah, 2 months ago
Industry News

Engineers assemble off-site manufactured viaduct

HS2 is assembling the UK’s first major railway viaduct to be entirely manufactured off-site. Unlike more traditional viaduct designs, and as a major step forward for viaduct design, every major element of the 880m long Thame Valley Viaduct is being manufactured in a factory before being slotted together on site, Read more…

By Deborah, 2 months14 August 2023 ago
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Delivering HS2 in Full: Spreading Prosperity and Driving Growth

Taking place in Crewe, our conference this year focused on ‘Delivering HS2 in Full: Spreading Prosperity and Driving Growth’, and featured a full day of keynote speeches, panel discussions and networking.   Chaired by Sameena Ali-Khan, and with keynote speeches from Mark Thurston, CEO, HS2 Ltd and Henri Murison, Northern Read more…

By Deborah, 3 months27 June 2023 ago
Industry News

The cheapest way to deliver HS2 is quickly 

Responding to the suggestion that the delays to HS2 are forecasted to add £366m to the bill – we said when the two-year delay was announced in March this year, the cheapest way to deliver HS2 is quickly.  Once complete the railway will be a vital new artery for the Read more…

By Deborah, 3 months22 June 2023 ago
Industry News

Response to National Audit Office report

We are alarmed by the lack of guarantee from the Levelling Up Secretary that HS2 services will reach Euston. The suggestion that Old Oak Common might be a better bet for a London terminus is not helpful given this station would be stretched to handle half the number of trains Read more…

By Deborah, 6 months ago
Industry News

Response to announcement of delays to HS2

We are alarmed by the news that sections of HS2 will be delayed. The delay at Euston in favour of Old Oak Common coupled with the delay between Birmingham and Crewe by two years will not save money and will only add to the total cost of the project. Without clear timings Read more…

By Deborah, 7 months ago
Industry News

HS2 – first steps on UK’s longest railway bridge

The first 480m stretch of the Colne Valley Viaduct has been built over the last seven months using an enormous 700 tonne ‘bridge-building machine’. The viaduct will eventually stretch for more than two miles (3.4km) across a series of lakes and waterways outside Hillingdon. Known as a ‘launching girder’, the Read more…

By Deborah, 8 months ago
Apprentice Network

Introducing Lewis Harrison, Electrical Technician with AECOM

We spoke to Lewis Harrison, Electrical Technician with AECOM Can you describe your role in a few words? I am a member of the Rail Electrification and Power Engineering team, and my role involves creating designs for the railways for Network Rail. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? Read more…

By Deborah, 9 months16 January 2023 ago
Apprentice Network

Introducing David Lowe, Apprentice Rolling Stock Technician with Hitachi Rail

We spoke to David Lowe, Apprentice Rolling Stock Technician with Hitachi Rail Can you describe your role in a few words? To carry out maintenance work on the Hitachi AT300 fleet of vehicles including preventative maintenance and rectifying defects that may have occurred in service. What were you doing prior Read more…

By Deborah, 9 months ago

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