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HS2 ‘green tunnel’ designs revealed

The first designs have been released of the longest of three ‘green tunnels’ that will be built for HS2 across Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire.

HS2 uncovers Roman trading settlement

Archaeologists working on HS2 in south Northamptonshire have uncovered a 10-metre-wide Roman road running through a wealthy trading settlement

HS2 report reveals ambitious target to be net zero by 2035

HS2 should be ‘net zero’ from 2035, according to a new report published by the company building it.

Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information

Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its Integrated Rail Plan “will actually work on the ground”.

TBMs arrive as HS2 prepares for London tunnel boring

The start of tunnelling for HS2 in London is set to begin, following the delivery of two giant Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to the HS2 site in West Ruislip.

Firms encouraged to ready HS2 bids

West Midlands businesses are being actively encouraged to prepare for £25 billion worth of HS2 contracts that will soon start to flow into the supply chain.

HS2 in Midlands employs thousands

A workforce of 4,200 people are now actively working on HS2 in the West Midlands

Factory for HS2 tunnel safety doors

Bolton-based Booth Industries opened a purpose-built factory to manufacture more than 300 heavy steel safety doors for the insides of HS2 tunnels.

Construction starts on Old Oak Common station’s concrete ‘box’

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

‘Prefab’ tunnels lined up for HS2

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

North considers funding options in response to IRP setbacks

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.

Roman statues found at HS2 site

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

HS2 concrete segments contract goes to North East

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 launches its Learning Legacy

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.

£750,000 training centre for slab track

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 sees merit of alternative fuels

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.

Washwood Heath: three shortlisted

Three companies have been shortlisted to construct HS2’s new rolling stock maintenance and control centre at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.

HS2 tests pioneering anti-landslip monitoring technology

New fibre optic equipment being tested for HS2 is intended to make sure that sinkholes never become a major problem on Britain’s railways.

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HS2 reveals headhouse designs

HS2 Ltd has unveiled the designs of two ‘headhouses’ that will provide access to tunnels under London and the Chiltern hills.