HS2 has launched the last of four tunnel boring machines (TBM) to build the Northolt Tunnel. The TBM, called Anne, will bore 3.4 miles from Ealing’s Victoria Road to Greenpark Way in... Read more »
UK Power Networks and Barhale have built a micro power tunnel under the Grand Union Canal in West London to enable High Speed 2 (HS2) future construction activities. The 125m long tunnel... Read more »
HS2 will drive a £10 billion economic boost for the West Midlands during the next 10 years, according to new research. The impending arrival of the high-speed railway will lead to the... Read more »
Transport Secretary Mark Harper during the Conservative Party conference.Photo Danny Lawson/PA Wire The UK Government has been widely mocked on social media for claiming £235 million of HS2 money being spent in... Read more »
HS2 civil engineering apprentice, Nusayba Abass, has been selected to play a lead role at this year’s STEM LIVE event, which takes place at the Science Museum in London today (28th November... Read more »
We are standing in a huge construction site, 16m (52ft) underground in Acton, north-west London, inside what is called “the box”. Huge excavators are removing piles of London clay. This is where... Read more »
The West Midlands will benefit from more frequent trains, more capacity and faster journeys in a major funding boost to create stronger public transport networks. A total of £36 billion in savings... Read more »
Almost £600m of public money has already been spent buying up land and properties for HS2 in the north of England, despite uncertainty that the train line will ever get beyond Birmingham.... Read more »
HS2’s west London station has been awarded an outstanding score for its environmental design. Old Oak Common, which is under construction, was given the highest possible rating under an international scheme. It... Read more »
Curzon Street Station in Birmingham Transport Secretary Mark Harper is visiting the West Midlands with his Australian counterpart Catherine King on Monday to see the construction of HS2’s iconic new Curzon Street... Read more »
