Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and Bam (EKFB) JV which is responsible for the central part of the HS2 has appointed Peter Bimson as its new project director. He was already the deputy project...

UK's 'HS2 Rebellion' group which describes themselves as 'An alliance of groups resisting HS2' has an interesting news on their website. Better to hear from them.-I will also give the link at the bottom. BREAKING: Tree...

Five Balfour Beatty joint ventures have been shortlisted on four lots of HS2 track systems contracts, as well as a tunnel and line-side M&E systems contract, worth a combined total of...

  HS2 has announced that in 2020, it has already recruited the 300 of the 500 direct roles in their press release. In September, HS2 Ltd announced that it expected to create around 500 new directly employed jobs. Those roles were in...

240 sites now active along the route between London and the West Midlands, employing over 13,000 people with tens of thousands more jobs supported through the supply chain HS2 Ltd, the company building Britain’s new high...

HS2 in mainstream media (The Guardian) "Despite the government’s go-ahead for HS2 last year, the network’s future appears to perennially remain in doubt. A report last month by the National Infrastructure Commission, previously a...

  I wish you a Merry Christmas. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a new year that’s merry and bright!  Kris

    HS2 shortlists bidders for tunnels' Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) systems, including tunnel ventilation systems. This is what HS2 Ltd has released: HS2 today shortlisted bidders for its Track Systems and for...

The Arcadis, Setec and Cowi joint venture, known as ASC, will produce detailed designs for 80km of track between the Chiltern tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. This section of the line includes 15 viaducts, 6.9km of green tunnels, 22km of road...

  Hitachi Rail gets an advertorial published on the Wired magazine. It's directly aimed at supplying the trains for Britain's High Speed 2 project. Hitachi emphasizes their previous deliveries for Japan's bullet train...

The TBMs to bore the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnels have arrived in the UK. Named 'Florence' and 'Cecilia'. Here is HS2 release and the image (above):   HS2’s first giant tunnelling machines arrive in the...

  HS2 releases the drone video and photos of the giant north portal site of Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire. Images depict the sheer size of the excavation works on the site which is being prepared for the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xruGsFPV4Gw Align, Britain's mammoth HS2 project's main works contractor comes with an innovative solution to further automate the segmental lining in its Tunnel Boring Machines. The robot, called...

Britain's HS2 Ltd responsible for overseeing the construction of the High Speed 2 infrastructure arranges a "meet the supplier" event to enrich the supply chain of the project. Yes, it will be virtual and it will not be one to one. Yet...

HS2 Ltd continues its streak of beautiful designs also for the Canterbury Works vent shaft and headhouse.  Here is what HS2 has got to say about the structures on their press release: oday (Tuesday 27 October) HS2 has revealed updated...

Is this the way the British treat their activists? https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/watfordnews/18784368.20-arrests-hs2-extinction-rebellion-protest-near-maple-cross/

German tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknect gets two more TBM orders for the High Speed 2 project. This time from the consortium of  Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS JV).  Herrenknecht had already sold TBMs previously to the...

Rob Butler, an MP for Aylesbury has asked the prime minister for his thoughts over the refusal of a bored tunnel under the village of Wendover to ease noise pollution, only to hear back that the PM "feels the pain" without any real answer....

Lord Berkeley and Wendover Parish Council appeal again against the HS2 plans for the Chilterns section. The Council thinks a mined 4.2km tunnel will be less destructive and cheaper as opposed to current plans for a viaduct and a cut & cover...

Steve Masters, a local politician (West Berkshire councillor) has been arrested for being in a group of 15 protesters who were blocking the entrances to the HS2 South Portal Chilterns, tunnel site, the biggest construction site on the...