by David Lavender | 21st January 2026 | News Article
HS2 has exceeded its target of creating 2,000 apprenticeships on Britain’s high-speed rail project – helping workers build new careers and delivering a multi-million-pound boost to the economy. Latest data shows that an additional 99 people started an apprenticeship...
by David Lavender | 30th December 2025 | News Article
The construction of one of the most complicated parts of the HS2 project took a step forward over the Christmas break, with the completion of two key viaduct spans over the existing railway near Water Orton in Warwickshire. The spans form a small part of the Delta...
by David Lavender | 17th December 2025 | News Article
Engineers working for the HS2 project claimed a UK-first over the weekend when they successfully slid an enormous 4,600-tonne viaduct across the M6 without closing the motorway – significantly reducing disruption to drivers. The 17 hour-long operation was the...
by David Lavender | 23rd October 2025 | News Article
HS2 has opened two bridges near Leamington Spa carrying a key local road and a long-distance cycle track across the new high-speed railway. The Fosse Way bridge carries the B4455 across the railway near the village of Offchurch outside Leamington. It follows the route...
by David Lavender | 13th October 2025 | News Article
An enormous machine being used to dig HS2’s Birmingham approach tunnels broke through today, marking the completion of major tunnel excavation between London’s Old Oak Common and the West Midlands. The 125-metre-long tunnel boring machine – named Elizabeth after...
by David Lavender | 1st October 2025 | News Article
HS2 Ltd, the company building Britain’s new high-speed railway, has bolstered its investment in future talent by welcoming a new cohort of apprentices and graduates into the business. This week, 21 new starters will begin a two-year programme of work on Britain’s...
