Work has started on installation of a new cycle bridge in Warwickshire, where National Cycle Route 41 crosses the new HS2 high-speed railway line.
Category: HS2
HS2 engineers prepare to launch second viaduct over the M6
The west deck of the M6 South viaduct, which will carry high speed trains towards Birmingham, is being assembled in four sections. The first 107 metre section will be slid over the M6 junction 4 southbound slip road on 11th April 2026. The engineering team from Balfour Beatty VINCI, HS2’s contractor in the West Midlands, […]
Transport Secretary tasks HS2 with reducing construction time and cost
The Transport Secretary has tasked HS2 Ltd to explore options to remove complexity that could cut billions in costs and reduce delays for the project. The move comes as part of the Government’s reset of the high-speed rail line to ensure more trains and faster journeys are delivered as quickly and efficiently as possible, following […]
Chiltern Railways Announces Easter Journey Changes Amid Ongoing HS2 Works in Buckinghamshire
Passengers travelling between Aylesbury and London via Great Missenden are being advised to plan ahead as HS2 work means changes to train services during the Easter bank holiday weekend. Following work by HS2 to build the new 345-metre Small Dean Viaduct at Wendover last year, engineers will be installing 4,000 tonnes of stone where future […]
Last segment rolls off the production line at HS2’s ‘viaduct factory’
The last of more than 2,700 enormous deck segments for HS2’s Delta junction, a complex triangular network of viaducts outside Birmingham, has been manufactured at a purpose-built factory. The deck segments, which each weigh up to 85 tonnes, were made at a temporary outdoor facility alongside the M42 near Kingsbury in Warwickshire. They are then […]
HS2 launches 1,620 tonne bridge over Grand Union Canal
A 1.5-mile section of the Grand Union Canal, owned by the charity Canal & River Trust, has reopened to the public seven days ahead of schedule after HS2 engineers successfully launched a 130-metre-long steel bridge into position over the canal. The launch operation, which began on Wednesday 4 March, involved sliding the 1,620-tonne deck across a […]