HS2 project reaches a megaton milestone
HS2, the company formed to build the railway, says it has delivered a million tonnes of materials by rail. This has taken 100,000 lorry journeys off local roads in rural Buckinghamshire, according to HS2. The...Read more
HS2 to deliver seamless mobile connectivity
Soon there will be no escape. Not even underground. “I’m going into a tunnel, so I might lose you” will be thing of the past if Britain’s new high speed rail line lives up to technical...Read more
Protests against HS2 have cost project more than 120 million pounds
The various anti-HS2 protests have costs the railway project just shy of 122 million pounds (145,9 million euros), Minister of State at the Department for Transport Andrew Stephenson said in Parliament earlier this month.Read more
First stage of excavating the HS2 Chiltern tunnels completed
Two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) excavating HS2’s longest tunnel have completed the first stage. The first section from the Chiltern tunnel’s south portal to the first ventilation shaft are finished.Read more
Major HS2 construction packages up for grabs this month
The joint venture between construction firms Mace and Dragados, HS2’s construction partner for London’s Euston station, will be inviting bids on construction packages with a combined value of more than 500 million pounds (598 million...Read more
HS2 engineers working on digital twin for new high speed rail network
HS2’s infrastructure will be fitted with real time monitoring sensors, the project team announced last month. The data from these sensors will not only inform the construction method and performance of the line but will...Read more
HS2’s next stop will be Manchester
Britain’s HS2 high-speed rail project will be debated in parliament shortly. A proposal has been laid before the House of Commons, the start of the official procedure for finalising the project into an Act of...Read more
HS2 previews design for Greatworth ‘green tunnel’
Planned UK high-speed railway line HS2 has revealed what its so-called green tunnels will look like, beginning with the one-and-a-half-mile long Greatworth tunnel. The double-arched structure is one of three tunnels to be built across...Read more
Eastern leg HS2 to Leeds to be cancelled
The extension of the HS2 high-speed line from the Midlands and Leeds will be scrapped. Sources in in the government have said this to the BBC.Read more
‘Rail Baltica is at least three times more expensive for Estonia than HS2 for the UK’
InterviewRail Baltica is without a doubt one of the largest railway projects in Europe, but there exist doubts about whether the benefits outweigh the high costs in the Baltic states. RailTech talked to Priit Humal...Read more
A high-speed Northern UK can drive a high-speed recovery
Speed, capacity and connectivity issues are all holding back the economic fortunes of the North of England. The North is still in the slow lane for rail-based interconnectivity, said Tim Wood, the Northern Powerhouse rail...Read more
UK high-speed rail HS2 may never reach Leeds
There are fears that Britain’s high-speed railway project HS2 may never be extended beyond the London – Birmingham link, currently under construction. The extension of the project to reach Leeds may be shelved according to...Read more
HS2 joins with Digital Catapult for 5G and machine learning
UK’s High-Speed 2 joins forces with Digital Catapult, a leading UK digital technology innovation centre. As part of a three-year agreement, HS2 will draw on Digital Catapult’s expertise to make use of the potential of...Read more