High Speed Rail

HS2 today revealed a new spoil conveyor designed to take around 70,000 lorry journeys off Buckinghamshire’s roads and significantly reduce disruption for local residents during the construction of the UK’s new high speed rail line. The conveyor stretches for 1.3km...

A team of 250 people have worked around the clock to move HS2's huge 5,600 tonne bridge into place under the Coventry to Leamington Spa railway in Warwickshire. The operation to slide the 22 metres long and 11 metres...

HS2 Ltd is the only organisation in the UK to achieve and retain a prestigious accreditation standard established to recognise exceptional commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workforce. The Clear Assured Platinum Standard, which was first achieved...

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of High Speed 1 (HS1) Ltd, the company managing and operating the high-speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel, shows HS1 has missed key performance targets. Despite the company...

HS2’s first two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) in London, Sushila and Caroline, have completed the first mile of twin-bored tunnel in the capital. Since launch in November 2022, the 2,000-tonne TBMs have both installed over 847 tunnel rings each, made...

Transport Secretary Mark Harper is today (17 July) visiting the West Midlands with his Australian counterpart Catherine King to see the construction of HS2's iconic new Curzon Street Station taking shape. In the next decade, the new station will welcome...

HS2 is celebrating project progress as its London Logistics Hub, located at the Willesden Euro Terminal, has transported one million tonnes of spoil and taken 110,000 lorry movements off roads. The Logistics Hub, managed by HS2’s London Tunnels Contractor, Skanska...

The Transport Committee has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will follow its recommendations by revisiting its decision to snub Bradford from plans to develop rail networks in the North and Midlands. The announcement was made in the Department for...

Increasing the number of high-speed rail (HSR) routes and allowing more carriers to compete on these lines would have a significant impact in pushing passengers to make greener, more environmentally-friendly travel choices. This is according to new research from SilverRail,...

Playing a big role in Europe’s largest infrastructure project, the famous ‘Green Progressor’ locomotive has been immortalised in miniature form for the first time, marking a key milestone in the HS2 project. The 00 gauge class 66 (66796) miniature locomotive...