HS2 engineers have completed the first major phase of work to launch the Duddeston Junction Viaduct over the Birmingham to Derby railway lines. It marks the start of a huge operation to cross six railway tracks – three freight lines and three passenger lines - which...

HS2 engineers have completed three major structures on the southern approach to Interchange station, illustrating further progress on the West Midlands section of Britain’s new railway. The trio of viaducts - Balsall Common, Marsh Farm and River Blythe - are all...

Engineers are preparing to deliver two huge construction programmes in tandem, as work progresses to extend the high-speed railway over the Midlands motorway network. To minimise disruption for motorists, engineers will work on the Water Orton viaducts and the “twin...

HS2 engineers have installed the final roof segment on the 700-metre-long Burton Green tunnel - illustrating the progress being made on the West Midlands section of Britain’s new railway. The 16-metre-wide twin-box-shaped tunnel will carry high-speed trains beneath...

More than 5,700 formerly unemployed people have found work on HS2, latest figures show, as the project welcomes its latest intake. Today it is announced that a cohort of 10 welding operative apprentices have joined the high-speed rail programme to work alongside...

HS2 engineers are ready to start installing the roof beams on a new box structure that will span both carriageways of the M42 near Solihull. Once complete, vehicles will drive through the 300-metre-long ‘twin box’, while trains travel above. The installation follows...

HS2’s complex civil engineering programme will shift up a gear this summer, as it prepares to deliver its biggest programme of work yet over the motorway network. The construction schedule, which starts in June, will see three huge structures built over busy sections...

HS2 engineers have finished building Curzon 2 - the tallest bridge on the new high-speed network – and final checks are underway ahead of its launch over the Cross City railway line, just outside Birmingham city centre. The engineering feat marks another huge...

HS2 Ltd today confirmed that Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Ltd and Aureos Rail Ltd (TWA JV) will build the high-speed railway’s control centre and rolling stock depot in a deal set to transform a brown field site in Birmingham into a major new business and logistics...

HS2 engineers are ready to start a major construction programme in Saltley, two miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, to facilitate the arrival of new high-speed rail services. Saltley Viaduct, which spans a 183-metre section of the B4114, will close to vehicles...