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HS2

HS2 is a new high speed railway linking up London, the Midlands, the North and Scotland serving over 25 stations, including eight of Britain’s 10 largest cities and connecting around 30 million people.

The construction of the new railway is split into three phases – Phase One linking London and the West Midlands; Phase 2a linking the West Midlands and the North via Crewe; and Phase 2b completing the railway to Manchester and Leeds.

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HS2’s River Cole Viaducts take shape in the Delta Junction

The two 159-metre-long steel spans of HS2’s River Cole Viaducts have been completed near Coleshill in North Warwickshire, signalling further progress at the project’s Delta Junction. The operation, executed by HS2’s civils contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), involved lifting eight...
High Speed Rail

Costain wins major HS2 rail systems tunnel and lineside M&E contract

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has won a major contract to deliver tunnel and lineside mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems for HS2. Costain will deliver the design, supply, manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning of HS2’s Tunnel and Lineside M&E systems...
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HS2 reveals giant tunnelling machines ready for 4.5-mile drive to Euston

Engineers have begun assembling two giant tunnelling machines that will dig the final 4.5 miles of underground high-speed railway – carrying HS2 trains into the heart of London. Weighing an incredible 1,250 tonnes, each of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs)...
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HS2 confirms rail systems contract winners

HS2 has named the teams that will deliver the high-speed rail project’s state-of-the-art track, signalling, communications, and other systems. The ‘rail systems’ contracts will be signed after the statutory 10-day standstill period. It will mark the beginning of a new...
HS2

HS2’s Colne Valley viaduct scoops prestigious design award

HS2’s record-breaking 3.4km long viaduct across the Colne Valley took top prize in the engineering category of the Fine Art Commission Trust’s Building Beauty award. Presented by HRH the Duke of Gloucester, four members of the delivery team from HS2...
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HS2 begins assembling Turweston green bridge deck

Engineers working for the HS2 project have begun assembling a new green bridge at Turweston on the edge of Buckinghamshire and West Northants. The 5,940 square metre structure, near Brackley, will carry a country lane and footpath across the new...
HS2

No trains between Reading and Paddington on Sunday 17 November

To allow for work on the new HS2 station at Old Oak Common – and Network Rail improvements to track, signals and overhead wires between Reading and Paddington – engineering work will take place over the weekend of 16/17...
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HS2 reaches halfway point on key ‘green tunnel’

Work to build HS2’s 700-metre-long Burton Green Tunnel in Warwickshire has reached the halfway mark, with new images and video footage showcasing the latest progress. Once built, the tunnel will carry HS2 trains through the village of Burton Green, near...
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Over half of the concrete needed for HS2’s West Midlands structures has been poured

UK materials suppliers have now provided over one million cubic metres of concrete for HS2 in the West Midlands as the railway’s network of viaducts and bridges continues to take shape. With a total of 1.9 million cubic metres of...
HS2

HS2 opens second key Aylesbury road bridge

A key road linking Aylesbury and Oxford was reopened on Monday 4 November after a week-long closure as part of work to realign it across a new bridge over the HS2 route. The A418 overbridge is slightly south of the...

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Railway200: search is on for UK’s longest-serving railway family

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