HS2 reaches peak tunnelling activity with final west London TBM launch
Construction of the HS2 tunnels under London has hit another major milestone with the launch of the fourth – and final – machine being used to build the giant Northolt Tunnel beneath the capital.
HS2 railway to Birmingham passes over canal to Birmingham
Construction of the HS2 viaduct in west London has just passed over the Grand Union Canal, its 200-year-old predecessor that also links London to Birmingham.
Electricity underwater: Grand Union Canal tunnel provides power boost for HS2
A "micro tunnel" has been dug under the Grand Union Canal in West London at the moment to deliver electricity to HS2's tunnel boring machines when they start digging the Euston tunnel.
Final breakthrough for HS2’s longest tunnel
The second tunnel boring machine (TBM) digging the future HS2 railway tunnels under the Chilterns has finished its job - meaning the two 10-mile tunnels have been completed and are now ready for fitting out.
HS2 — UK’s largest railway tunnel boring machine completes 10-mile dig under the Chilterns
HS2's longest tunnel, running for 10 miles under the Chilterns, has been completed as the tunnel boring machine broke out of the ground to complete its long task.
HS2 launches third giant tunnelling machine under west London
HS2 has started digging a third tunnel under London as its newest tunnel boring machine started work over the weekend.
Public invited to give feedback on HS2’s Euston Portal headhouse design
The design of a new HS2 headhouse for the tunnels portal closest to Euston station has been unveiled for public comment and feedback.
HS2 opens new road over Copthall Green tunnel in west London
A narrow country road in west London has been replaced with a wider road, as part of the HS2 railway project.
Government unable to explain how a cut-back HS2 will run a railway
Having been subjected to a plethora of cuts by the government, the HS2 railway is now so reduced in capability that its costs outweigh the benefits
Former Crossrail TBM digs new HS2 tunnel at Old Oak Common
A tunnel boring machine used to dig part of the Elizabeth line has been used to build a tunnel for HS2 at the Old Oak Common station in west London.
HS2 begins year-long, half-kilometre viaduct deck slide
HS2's engineers have started sliding nearly half a kilometre of bridge deck over a series of pylons to span a valley just to the south of Wendover.
HS2’s west London tunnel segments start arriving by rail from Hartlepool
Tunnel segments for HS2's tunnels under west London have started arriving by freight railway from their manufacturing site in Hartlepool.
HS2 reaches halfway mark in tunnelling crucial side passages under the Chilterns
Deep under the Chilterns, HS2 has reached the half way mark in tunneling the nearly 40 side passage tunnels that will link northbound and southbound tunnels.
Transport leaders warn Elizabeth line train order delays will cost jobs
Rail industry leaders have called on the government to authorise the purchase of more Elizabeth line trains before it's too late to be able to order them.
HS2 hands over new Euston Skills Centre to Camden Council
HS2 has handed over the keys to the new Euston Skills Centre to Camden Council.
A Duo of Deans: Building HS2’s two Wendover railway viaducts
Just outside Wendover, two railway viaducts are being built for the HS2 railway, and they're the first of their kind in the UK.
HS2’s Colne Valley railway viaduct reaches construction halfway point
Construction of HS2's long Colne Valley railway viaduct in west London has reached the halfway mark, with the railway deck now assembled on 28 of the supporting piers.
HS2’s Thame Valley viaduct – taking a look at a waterlogged construction site
A landscape that, thanks to recent rainfall, is currently more lake than land is also the location for one of HS2's more innovative railway structures that's now under construction.
Emily and Anne get ready to dig HS2’s Northolt Tunnel under west London
Two more tunnel boring machines, Emily and Anne, have been lowered into the ground to dig tunnels under west London for the HS2 railway.
HS2 will reach a scaled-back Euston station – but Northern expansion cancelled
A significantly cut back HS2 railway will reach Euston station, but won't be extended past Birmingham, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced.
HS2’s Transformation: Building more than just a High-Speed railway near Aylesbury
Just outside Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, one of HS2's large construction sites is almost as busy building roads as it is building a railway.
A cut-back HS2 could end up being slower than the existing railway
The threat to cut the HS2 railway to a short shuttle service between Birmingham and the edge of London could mean that a journey by HS2 is slower than the existing railway.
HS2’s Euston station at risk as Old Oak Common emerges as potential London terminus
The HS2 railway might never reach Euston and Old Oak Common could become its permanent London terminus in an effort to avoid the cost of building the station at Euston.
HS2 completes core of the Euston station’s ‘Sugar Cube’
A large "sugar cube" that's being built as part of HS2's station at Euston has been topped out, marking the completion of their first above ground structure at the station.