The first 2,000 tonne tunnelling machine passed the one mile mark this week during the construction of the first tunnels for HS2.
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Tag: HS2
Transport for London, HS2 & Network Rail join Rail Supply Group’s export scheme
Transport for London (TfL) has joined Network Rail and HS2 in supporting the Rail Supply Group’s export reference scheme. The scheme provides a simplified project reference
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Ministers urged to ‘put an end’ to HS2 doubts
Ministers have been urged by a business organisation to “put an end to any lingering uncertainty” over HS2.
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You can help choose name for HS2 tunnel boring machine
HS2 has launched a public vote to name a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which will create a one-mile twin bore tunnel in Warwickshire.
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Shapps: HS2 will go all the way to Leeds despite ‘mounting costs’
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed the HS2 rail project will go all the way to Leeds after fears over mounting costs had prompted speculation over the full scheme going ahead.
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HS2 boss hopes UK ‘gets behind’ project after launch of tunnelling machines
The boss of HS2 has said he hopes the UK “gets behind” the high speed rail project following the launch of its first giant tunnelling machine.
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HS2 launches first giant tunnelling machine
HS2 will launch its first giant tunnelling machine today (May 13).
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HS2 to move 3,000 bodies from medieval churchyard
Archaeologists working on HS2 at St Mary’s Church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire have discovered a burial site dating back to 1080.
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Building HS2 from north to south ‘would have been sensible’, says Shapps
Starting construction of the entire HS2 rail project from north to south would “probably have been sensible”, according to the Transport Secretary.
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HS2 begins work on UK’s longest rail viaduct
An expert team of ground engineers working for HS2 have begun work on the foundations of the Colne Valley Viaduct.
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