The construction of two parallel viaducts that will carry HS2 trains over the M6 near Birmingham Airport has taken a major step forward, with the first section of structural steelwork now complete. To reduce disruption for motorists, the twin 320-metre-long M6 South...

HS2’s giant tunnelling machine Mary Ann broke through today [9th, May 2025], marking the end of her mission to excavate the first bore of what will soon become the longest railway tunnel in the West Midlands. The 125-metre-long machine began constructing the 3.5-mile...

It will be a groundbreaking moment when HS2’s 1,600 tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM), Mary Ann, successfully completes the 3.5-mile underground drive to link the North Warwickshire village of Water Orton to the northeast Birmingham suburb, Washwood Heath. The team is...

The busy A46 Kenilworth Bypass was reopened to traffic last night, 30-hours ahead of schedule after a major closure to allow HS2 engineers to slide a massive 14,500-tonne concrete box structure into position beneath the road. The huge box – which weighs around the...

HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), has welcomed its 500th apprentice, Kordell Carty. The 26-year-old Aston resident started his early career on house-building sites and supporting loft and garage conversion projects. Now,...

University students who want to bolster their income and boost their skills are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner in the West Midlands for an eight-week paid work placement. Now in its fourth year, Balfour Beatty VINCI’s undergraduate scheme...

When the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced (23 March 2020) the “stay at home” instruction left Nicola Devenport, a mobile hairdresser from Great Barr, unable to work. With an uncertain future and no income, Nicola took control of her own destiny, and her HS2...

A former Royal Air Force officer who started a new career on HS2 is drawing on her own experience to help fellow ex-forces personnel find employment. Maggie McCann is among more than 100 people to have gained employment on Britain’s new high-speed railway as part of a...

HS2 has announced a significant milestone at Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire – the first deep tunnel on the high-speed route to complete its civil engineering phase. The development at the one-mile-long twin-bore tunnel – which will carry the railway into...

The first huge viaduct has been completed at HS2’s Delta Junction in North Warwickshire, marking a major milestone as construction ramps up on the high-speed line in the region. A team of 40 people working for HS2’s contractor in the Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI,...