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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High Speed Rail
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...
Contract News
Siemens Mobility awarded landmark HS2 contract
Siemens Mobility has secured a £47 million contract with HS2 to provide a fully integrated station information management system across all HS2 stations, Curzon Street, Interchange, Old Oak Common and Euston.
Siemens Mobility’s Digital Station Manager technology, which is already...
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HS2’s executive chair to discuss costs and timescales with Transport Committee
HS2 Ltd’s executive chair, Sir Jon Thompson, will be questioned next week by the Transport Committee on managing costs as the project progresses.
On Wednesday 10 January, the cross-party Committee will ask Sir Jon how he is bearing down on...
Electrification
Network Rail completes festive engineering work for Wales and Western region
Network Rail is thanking passengers and local residents for their patience and understanding over the festive period while it has completed vital railway engineering work.
Over Christmas and New Year, teams have been busy completing multi-million pound improvements, upgrades and...
HS2
First viaduct starts to take shape at HS2’s ‘linchpin’ Delta Junction
HS2 has completed the first 920 tonne deck span on the first precast segmental viaduct being built at the Delta Junction, signalling a construction milestone as work ramps up on the complex network of 13 viaducts in North Warwickshire.
HS2’s...
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HS2 TBMs ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ reach Chesham Road
HS2 today confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – the two giant tunnelling machines digging the project’s longest tunnels - have reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, on track to complete their mammoth 10-mile journey under the Chilterns next year.
The...
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Commuters could save hundreds as GTR launches new weekly capping
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has launched automatic weekly capping to customers using its pay-as-you-go keyGo service, helping thousands of...
