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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HS2 bosses insist project will not be a ‘rich man’s railway’
HS2 will not be a “rich man’s business class railway”, according to the boss of the firm developing the project.
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HS2: Euston tunnel headhouse final designs revealed
HS2 has revealed the final design for the headhouse that will provide emergency access to the new high-speed railway’s tunnels as they approach Euston station.
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Euston Square Gardens: Anti-HS2 protester appears in court
An environmental protester who emerged from an underground tunnel after spending 19 days there has appeared in court.
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