Great Western Railway (GWR) has announced services into London Paddington will be impacted up to 2028 to allow for works to construct High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Old Oak Common station.
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HS2 celebrates completion of UK’s longest rail bridge with installation of final pre-cast segment
High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) has celebrated the structural completion of the Colne Valley Viaduct, Britain’s new longest railway bridge, with the installation of the 1,000th and final precast concrete segment.
HS2 | First viaduct complete and Kent precast factory makes last of 59,000 tunnel segments
High Speed 2 (HS2) and contractor Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam Nuttall JV (EKFB) have celebrated the first fully complete viaduct on the high speed rail project in Northamptonshire.
HS2 | TBM reaches halfway point on 5.6km tunnel into Birmingham
Balfour Beatty Vinci JV (BBV) has celebrated reaching the halfway point on boring the 5.6km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham for High Speed 2 (HS2).
Spotlight | Successes of High Speed 2 should be celebrated
The cancellation of HS2 Phase 2 makes it easy to forget that the creation of zero carbon journeys between London and Birmingham is in full swing.
Skanska completes £450M enabling works at Euston to prepare for new HS2 station
Skanska has completed £450M of enabling works at Euston station in preparation for the new High Speed 2 (HS2) London terminus, which remains unfunded.
HS2 looks at reviving Euston station spoil-by-rail plan
HS2 Ltd is examining whether plans to remove waste material from construction at Euston could be revived, as it helps to revise plans for the area, NCE understands.
HS2 | 1,600t bridge wheeled into position over existing railway in Birmingham
Engineers working on High Speed 2 (HS2) have moved a 1,600t bridge into place over an existing railway on the outskirts of Birmingham in a five-hour operation.
HS2 | Wendover Dean Viaduct’s 450m deck completes 8-month slide
High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV (EFKB) has successfully installed the 3,700t deck of the Wendover Dean Viaduct in Buckinghamshire after an eight-month slide operation.
HS2: Euston private funding plan uncertain as ‘due’ date lapses
Officials working up private funding options for the development of HS2’s Euston Station were due to have presented a shortlist to ministers by now, it has emerged.