Construction of HS2’s green tunnel at Wendover in Buckinghamshire has reached a significant milestone, with the two halves of the 1.4km cut-and-cover structure now joined. The tunnel is being built within a cutting alongside the A413 to the west of Wendover. Once complete, earth will be reinstated above the structure Read more…
Passengers using the Elizabeth line at HS2’s Old Oak Common superhub station will benefit from level boarding and step-free access, following agreement between HS2 Ltd, Network Rail, Transport for London and the Department for Transport. Old Oak Common, in west London, will become the 42nd station on the Elizabeth line, Read more…
HS2 engineers have completed a major milestone in the construction of the new high-speed railway in the West Midlands, lifting the final viaduct spans into position over the M42. The complex operation at the Water Orton viaduct site was completed during a planned weekend closure of the motorway, with the Read more…
HS2 has revealed new images of the project’s largest ‘green bridge’, which will cross the high-speed railway near Brackley. The bridge will cross one of the railway’s longest and deepest cuttings, which will stretch for 1.5 miles past the village of Turweston on the edge of Buckinghamshire and West Northants. Read more…
The first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), launched almost 3 years ago, broke through under the Chilterns recently, having excavated the longest tunnel on HS2 at 16km. TBM Florence is one of 10 machines excavating the 32 miles of tunnel on the new railway linking London Euston with Birmingham and was Read more…
The latest quarterly data from HS2 shows the scale of the economic boost created by the project with over £11.5bn worth of tier two contracts awarded by HS2’s construction partners to businesses of all sizes, in every UK region. The figures highlight the extent to which investment in the project Read more…