Rail investment is far more than a short-term cost: it is a driver of national growth and regional connectivity. The approval in the budget to complete HS2’s critical link from Old Oak Common to Euston marks a pivotal step forward. We hope that an era of fragmented, short-term decision making Read more…
A specialist cantilever process has been used for the first time in the UK to build the first span of a 472-metre-long single track viaduct in the West Midlands. The River Tame West Viaducts carry three rail tracks in total, made up of one single track viaduct and one double-track viaduct. Read more…
The National Audit Office (NAO) report makes clear the plan the incoming Labour government is inheriting – a truncated HS2, and a West Coast Main Line operating at capacity – is not going to help grow the national economy, nor is it going to allow train performance on the West Read more…
We are delighted to announce the appointment of HS1 Ltd’s Mattias Bjornfors to our board of directors. Bjornfors brings almost 20 years of experience as an economist in infrastructure and regulatory industries. Within his current role as Strategy and Regulation Director at HS1 Ltd, the operator of St Pancras International, Stratford, Read more…
HS2 designers and engineers working on five key viaducts have cut their carbon footprint by up to two thirds (66%) by adopting an innovative ‘double composite’ structure which uses significantly less concrete and steel than a more traditional design. HS2 engineers at Westbury on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border have already begun Read more…
Deliveries of HS2’s tunnel segments have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions. STRABAG, the company manufacturing the pre-cast concrete segments for HS2’s next London tunnel drives, opened a new state-of-the-art factory in the town earlier this year. The new Read more…
The Edgcote Viaduct has had its carbon footprint cut by more than 13% in comparison to the previous design. The viaduct is set low into the landscape of west Northamptonshire, and at 515m-long will carry trains across the floodplain of the River Cherwell, south of Chipping Warden. It is one Read more…
HS2 delivers economic growth HS2 is essential for regeneration and job creation, as well as improving Britain’s international competitiveness – all of which bring higher levels of economic productivity and growth. HS2 can transform Midlands and Northern cities by effectively bringing them ‘closer’ to each other. This will make it Read more…
HS2 is being designed to respect the natural environment by conserving, replacing and enhancing wildlife habitats with a new ‘green corridor’ along the route, creating a network of larger, better-connected, climate resilient habitats and new green spaces for people and wildlife. The HS2 Woodland Fund on Phase One provides funding Read more…
The first of 38 steel beams that will form the innovative low-carbon structure of HS2’s Wendover Dean Viaduct have completed their 560-mile journey to site ahead of the start of deck construction. Travelling at night to reduce disruption for the local community, the 25m long steel beams were transported on Read more…