Major Projects - Page 14

The first stage is the main station ‘box’ - the 900-yard-long reinforced concrete frame that will be part underground

Prefabricated tunnels will be built in thousands of sections at a factory in Ilkeston, before being used on HS2.

Local land taxes might provide a route to funding rail improvements in northern England, such as HS2’s eastern leg and a new line between Manchester and Leeds.

Trial operations have commenced on Crossrail ahead of the opening of the Elizabeth Line in the first half of next year, Transport for London has confirmed.

Spanish operator Renfe has confirmed its intention to launch a high-speed London-Paris service, to rival those currently operated by Eurostar.

The remains of Roman statues have been discovered by archeologists excavating an HS2 site in Stoke Mandeville.

The North East is celebrating a significant ‘Levelling Up’ success, with the awarding of a contract to cast up to 36,000 concrete segments for HS2

HS2 Ltd is sharing with the wider UK construction industry the lessons it has learned so far from planning and construction of the new high-speed railway.

The UK’s first training centre for the installation and maintenance of slab track, to be used on HS2, was opened at the City of Wolverhampton’s Bilston complex

HS2 Ltd is exploring the use of alternative fuels for its construction vehicles, after trials revealed they are more efficient than the traditional red diesel.