2024年11月7日 · Sir Jon Thompson told a rail industry conference the bat protection structure in Buckinghamshire was needed to appease Natural England, as bats are legally protected in the UK. The 1km (0.6...

2025年2月24日 · It will provide adequate shielding for bat flight paths from passing trains and provides connectivity points for wildlife with a green bridge and underpass. The structure is built with future growth in mind, providing space for two additional tracks that could support local rail services in future developments.

2025年2月27日 · HS2 is helping to add to the scientific understanding of this rare species and has been conducting surveys for more than 10 years. This monitoring is ongoing, but during the detailed surveys undertaken in 2022, ecologists working for HS2 trapped (and released) 30 Bechstein’s bats within Sheephouse Wood and identified at least 19 confirmed roosts.

2024年11月11日 · Thirteen species of bat inhabit Sheephouse Woods in Buckinghamshire, which border the high-speed rail line. The chairman of the HS2 rail line said it was spending £100m on a shield to protect...

2025年3月3日 · The tunnel, designed to protect a colony of rare Bechstein’s bats, has become a totemic symbol of Britain’s onerous planning regime and the extreme cost overruns at HS2.

2025年3月4日 · Environment secretary Steve Reed has said that the spending “vast sums” on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) so-called “bat tunnel” is “ludicrous”, as the true cost of the structure is expected to be over £119M. The 1km long structure will cover the HS2 tracks as they run past the Sheephouse Wood area Site of Special Scientific Interest ...

2025年3月7日 · The ‘Bat Tunnel’ Is the Least of HS2’s Sins. Spending £100 million to protect vulnerable mammals shows how out of control the high-speed railway project was. March 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM EST.

2025年2月11日 · HS2 will continue to build this bat tunnel, due to be complete in 2027, come what may. A compromise plan - that would see developers pay into a single government-controlled pot - has left experts and industry figures unimpressed, saying it …

2024年11月7日 · Britain’s High Speed 2 rail line spent £100mn building an arch over the railway to protect overflying bats from hitting its trains, the chair of the beleaguered project has revealed. Sir Jon...

2024年12月21日 · HS2’s £100 million tunnel designed to protect bats from trains is not bat-proof, it has emerged. The 900m-long structure is being built to comply with nature conservation laws by keeping...