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 TBM ‘Florence’ breaks through at end of longest tunnel
HS2’s first giant tunnelling machine broke through yesterday (28 February) at the end of her 10-mile (16km) journey under the Chilterns, excavating the longest tunnel on the ambitious new rail project.
The enormous 2,000 tonne Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), named...
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HS2 launches third giant tunnelling machine under capital
HS2’s London tunnels programme passed a major milestone as the third tunnel boring machine (TBM) being used as part of the project was launched.
TBM Emily, named after Emily Sophia Taylor who helped establish the Perivale Maternity Hospital in 1937...
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HS2 contractors demolish M42 bridge
Contractors working for HS2 have removed a 4,000 tonne bridge over the M42 to make way for the construction of the new high speed line across the motorway near the Interchange Station construction site in Solihull.
A team of 20...
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New Euston Skills Centre officially open after being completed by HS2 team
A new centre built to upskill communities living close to HS2's Euston station site has been officially opened in a ceremony attended by the Rail Minister, Huw Merriman MP. The Euston Skills Centre, which opened its doors to students...
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Public invited to give feedback on HS2’s Euston Portal headhouse design
HS2 is inviting the local community in Camden, and the wider public, to give feedback on newly published designs for the Euston Portal headhouse.
HS2’s London tunnels contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV), will build eight headhouses in...
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Small businesses win big with £millions more HS2 orders
Britain’s biggest construction project, HS2, is helping the UK’s small business community to thrive. New figures show HS2’s civils contractors doubled their total spend with SMEs – companies with 250 or fewer employees - in 2022/23 when compared to...
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Shortlist announced to supply and operate HS2’s mass transit system at Interchange Station
HS2 Ltd today (31 January 2024) confirmed the shortlisted bidders to operate and maintain the assets required for the new mass transit system at Interchange station in Solihull.
The contracts will require the winning bidder to work with HS2 Ltd...
Careers
HS2 launches 2024 graduate recruitment programme
HS2 has launched its 2024 graduate recruitment programme to help the next generation of engineers, landscape designers, project managers, and environmental specialists kickstart their careers.
Successful candidates will spend two years working alongside some of the very best in the...
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Government-backed Recruitment Hubs will help more unemployed into work on HS2
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has joined forces with HS2 to invest in three new dedicated Recruitment Hubs for the project in the West Midlands.
They will aim to capitalise on continuing employment opportunities generated by the high-speed...
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HS2 begins epic year-long, half-kilometre viaduct deck slide
Engineers this week began a delicate job that will see almost half a kilometre of bridge deck slid into position over the next year, high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire, as HS2’s innovative Wendover Dean Viaduct enters a...
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Porterbrook to electrify Long Marston test track
Having secured the purchase of the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire last month, rolling stock financier and...
