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
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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...
“Good HS2 see you” ran the headline in the Sun last week as ‘Florence’ broke through at the end of her three-year-long drive under the Chilterns.
It’s certainly not every day that a boring machine the height of...
The 1,600 tonne tunnel boring machine has started digging the second bore of HS2’s Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham
10 apprentices have secured exciting jobs working on the 24/7 tunnelling operation
Local school pupils have...
Chief executive Henri Murison says lack of clarity over crucial tunnel section has stalled northern rail project
https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/sunaks-hs2-funding-slammed-as-northern-powerhouse-rail-still-waits-for-tunnel-decision/5128005.article
Historic breakthrough for HS2’s longest tunnel
Giant tunnelling machine – named ‘Florence’ – completes 10-mile drive under the Chilterns in 2 years and 9 months.
3 million cubic metres of material excavated from...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0qaxsnE-Q
1,700 tonne machine begins 3.4mile dig under the capital
HS2’s London tunnels programme passed a major milestone as the third tunnel boring machine (TBM) being used as part of...
New images reveal the scale of the HS2 project as it makes its way into the West Midlands.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/transport/2024/02/19/13-pictures-reveal-incredible-scale-of-hs2-project-in-the-west-midlands/
The National Infrastructure Commission warns that developers will not pay for the tunnelling works
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/mark-harper-hs2-euston-john-armitt-tunnel-susan-hall-potholes-london-sadiq-khan-b1128357.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vad8bbYie8U
HS2’s 847 tonne tunnel boring machine breaks through into Old Oak Common Station box
The 853-metre logistics tunnel will support the construction of HS2’s Euston...
Breakthrough on HS2’s longest tunnel expected early next year as giant tunnelling machines 90% of the way through the 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnel.
HS2 today confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’...