HS2 Ltd
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HS2 will provide more track, more trains, more seats and faster journeys to improve performance and reliability across Britain’s rail network.
In our latest Project Update video 🎥 our Chief Executive, Mark Wild, sets out the three priorities for HS2 this year: - Improving controls ✅ - Boosting safety and productivity ✅ - Delivering the reset ✅ The reset will deliver a clear, realistic budget and timeline for HS2…
Heatwaves can buckle rail tracks, causing closures. HS2's tracks are designed to withstand higher temperatures than existing rail limits, keeping trains running smoothly in a hotter climate. ☀️🌦️🚄 #HS2 #ClimateResilience
In our latest project update video, we look at the progress we’ve made building Britain's new high-speed railway: ✅ Tunnelling: 82% of rail tunnels have been excavated - that's over 45 miles completed! ✅ Station progress: First high-speed platforms installed at Old Oak Common…
The West Midlands Growth Plan👇recognises HS2 as vital infrastructure for the region's economic future – and we're proud to be laying the foundations for decades of prosperity. Our high-speed network is projected to generate: ✅ £10bn economic boost to the West Midlands economy…
The West Midlands is full of untapped talent and potential. My Growth Plan is about unlocking opportunity - for everyone, in every place. It’s not about politics or paperwork - it’s about the people in our region.
At each end of the line, HS2 stations will be transport superhubs, putting hundreds of destinations within easy reach for millions of passengers. At Old Oak Common, we’ve begun installing the first high-speed platforms on the project. In the West Midlands, foundations for Curzon…
More than 33,000 people are currently working across the HS2 programme, delivering the biggest upgrade to our rail network in over 100 years 🚆 Since construction began, we've created 1,865 apprenticeships and helped over 5,000 previously unemployed people secure work on the…
We have made significant construction progress this year, but we have also had to face some hard facts. In our latest Project Update video, our Chief Executive Mark Wild sets out the importance of #HS2 and the work we’re doing this year to reset the HS2 programme. While we…
Some recent 📸's of our construction progress👇 An aerial view of the Lower Thorpe Viaduct deck installed in its final position 📷. The first launch of the M6 South viaduct 'East Deck' 📷. A striking view of the Colne Valley Viaduct, curving over the lakes 📷. #HS2InPictures
HS2 is more than a #railway — it’s a corridor of economic opportunity 📈, connecting regions and unlocking potential across the #UK. Even before the first train runs, development around our stations in #WestLondon and the #WestMidlands is set to inject £20 billion into the…
We've completed 82% of tunnelling across the HS2 route ✅👇. Find out more: hs2.org.uk/tunnels
New data from @railandroad shows 1.73 billion rail journeys were made between April 2024 and March 2025 — a 7% increase on the previous year. Demand for #rail is growing, and so is the need for extra capacity. #HS2 will deliver tens of thousands of additional seats daily, boost…
All four tunnel boring machines being used to dig out the 8.4-mile Northolt tunnel have completed their journeys. In total, the machines have excavated 4,160,000 tonnes of clay and lined the tunnel with 14,300 concrete tunnel rings, made up of 94,233 concrete segments 📸👇.…
Here's a short clip from James Leeming, Head of Delivery at HS2 Ltd👇, who was on board TBM 'Anne' when she was moments away from completing the excavation of the 8.4mile Northolt Tunnel. Hear more from James here 🎥 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=dJIlZB…
Excavation of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel has been completed 👍 The fourth and final tunnel boring machine, Anne, has completed her journey beneath London, breaking through at Green Park Way in Greenford. This twin-bore tunnel will carry our high-speed trains between West…
Over the weekend, the former A452 overbridge was safely demolished to make way for the new road layout for the future HS2 Interchange Station. Huge thanks to Solihull-based @ArmacGroup and our construction partner, BBV, for delivering this operation. See how it happened ⬇️🎥
Our new timelapse footage shows engineers carefully sliding a 1,300-tonne viaduct deck into position near the village of Thorpe Mandeville in West Northants. The deck of the Lower Thorpe viaduct, which stretches for 220m, was assembled to one side before being slid into position…
Have you seen our report on HS2's projected economic impact in West London?📝 Key findings include: • £10bn added to the local economy over the next ten years • 22,211 additional homes planned • 18,782 new jobs • £1,653 average salary uplift anticipated in the Old Oak…
New Video: Inside Copthall Green Tunnel 🎥👇 Located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, the 880-metre-long Copthall Green Tunnel is being carefully integrated into the landscape, topped with grass, shrubs, and trees to blend seamlessly into its surroundings. Watch now:…
Our sites across Buckinghamshire have now received more than three million tonnes of stone by rail, with the latest deliveries coming from the Penmaenmawr quarry in North Wales 👇📷. Learn more: ow.ly/pgKJ50W8TSZ @DCrail2018
The first section of a 320-metre-long viaduct was slid into position over the weekend. The 'East Deck' of the M6 South viaduct slid 119m out over a slip road adjacent to the motorway. Learn more: gloo.to/FLeT