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Mar 27, 2025 · HS2 is Britain’s biggest infrastructure project and involves building major structures including 32 miles of tunnels, embankments, cuttings, bridges and viaducts. We’ve awarded contracts to develop HS2’s rail systems – like track, signalling and power supplies – to operate our modern trains.

Mar 27, 2025 · HS2 represents a strategic investment in Britain’s future to create a modern railway for fast, frequent, reliable journeys. It supports the government’s mission to fix our railways, reversing decades of delays, cancellations and overcrowding across the network.

Dec 27, 2023 · HS2 is preparing to enter a critical new phase with the development of state-of-the-art rail systems that will allow passengers to enjoy some of the world’s most reliable intercity train services.

Mar 26, 2025 · HS2 is the first new intercity railway to be built north of London in over a century. Construction of the line is at peak, with over 350 active sites between London and the West Midlands. HS2’s construction will continue to support thousands of jobs, benefit UK businesses of all sizes, and lay the foundations for the arrival of more new rail ...

HS2 is an unprecedented rail construction project involving about 140 miles of track, four new stations and two high-tech depots. In total, we’ll build 681 major assets, or structures, ranging from

Nov 4, 2024 · HS2’s British built bullet-style trains will transform rail travel, offering passengers unparalleled levels of reliability, speed and comfort, and will help in the fight against climate change. They are also a major boost for UK train-building.

Mar 18, 2025 · The HS2 project is one of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the UK. It requires a bespoke delivery organisation to execute the planning, design and integration of the component parts of the new high-speed railway.

• HS2 is expected to generate around £92 billion in benefits to the UK economy. Helping Britain compete on the global stage by increasing economic growth, productivity and tourism and supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs. • HS2 trains will stop at more than 25 stations, connect 30 million people with faster, easier and more reliable

Oct 1, 2024 · These included cancelling Phase 2 of the project and scaling back the railway to a high-speed line between London Euston and Birmingham Curzon Street. The new line will connect to the West Coast Main Line at Handsacre Junction, just north of Birmingham, to allow HS2 trains to reach cities in the North of England and Scotland on the existing ...