The cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham has seen billions of pounds and most benefits squandered, with the project now in an awkward state, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZyTWRq3cTI
Quartet of tunnelling machines boring the Northolt Tunnel between West Ruislip and Old Oak Common station have built half of the tunnel
New video and images shows the unstoppable momentum of the...
The completion of HS2’s Chiltern Tunnels has won the Major Project prize at the 2024 Railway Innovation Awards.
https://www.modernrailways.com/article/chiltern-tunnels-wins-innovation-award-major-project
New Chief Executive will join HS2 Ltd to drive next stage of Britain’s biggest infrastructure programme
Mark Wild OBE arrives with an exceptional track record of complex infrastructure delivery, including successful...
https://vimeo.com/945743144/33c3869626
Huge excavation operation of 22 metre deep tunnel portal prepares the gateway for high speed trains into Birmingham
The first 1,600 tonne tunnelling machine will break through the portal wall later this...
HS2 has completed 29 miles of the new railway’s bored tunnels between Birmingham and London
Over 31,000 people now working on HS2 as the project hits peak construction
View and download photos here and new TBM infographic here
New video...
Rishi Sunak had pledged last year that the cost of the 4.5-mile tunnel would be covered by the private sector
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khan-euston-hs2-station-tunnel-high-speed-railway-government-private-sector-b1156481.html
The UK government is anticipated to officially approve over £1bn of public funding for the construction of the HS2 Euston tunnels linking Old Oak Common and...
Following Rishi Sunak’s decision to cancel the leg, taxpayer has spent £1.4m on properties for a line that is no longer being built.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/13/hs2-route-government-buying-properties
Firefighters and paramedics raced to a report of a fire in a huge tunnel on the HS2 site in North Warwickshire.
more: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/huge-999-response-hs2-tunnel-135511067.html
Image: Cutterhead of TBM Anne from the Victoria Road Crossover (HS2)
Tunnelling activity on HS2 reaches peak with nearly 50% of bored tunnelling complete between London and the West Midlands
Construction of the new HS2 line has hit another...
HS2’s final two West Midlands ‘Key Design Element’ structures bringing HS2 into Birmingham receive planning approval
HS2 has consulted with communities to incorporate feedback in the design wherever possible
View CGIs of...
UK Power Networks has partnered with Barhale to build a micro-tunnel under the Grand Union Canal in West London to deliver power for HS2.The tunnel will be used to carry power cables for HS2’s Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) set to...
With its route map pruned, leaders in the north want other options, while in the capital, questions are growing over its Euston terminus – still a giant hole in the...
Second tunnel boring machine (TBM), Cecilia, reaches northern portal of 10 mile high-speed rail tunnel under Chiltern Hills.
Arrival marks completion of mammoth drive taking two years and nine months.
2,000 tonne Cecilia joins...
Job Introduction
The Tunnel Walkway Construction manager is responsible for the delivery of the emergency and maintenance walkways in all bored tunnels (NTW, NTE, ET). He oversees and guides the technical aspects of the procurement, establishment...