
High Speed 2 - Wikipedia
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which has been under construction in England since 2019. The line's planned route is between Handsacre, in southern Staffordshire, and London, with a branch to Birmingham. After High Speed 1, the London to Channel Tunnel link, HS2 is to be Britain's second purpose-built high-speed railway.
HS2 Tunnel Tracker
A website to track and visualise the progress of High Speed 2 (HS2) tunnel boring machines from London to Birmingham.
In your area map - HS2
Our interactive map provides information about the route of the new high-speed line. The map displays information about current HS2 works, progress of our tunnelling machines and …
Slab track for HS2 - Rail Engineer
2020年9月2日 · Early railway track carried trains running at 50km/h (30mph) with three-tonne axle loads. Over almost 200 years, ballasted track has been developed to the point where it can carry heavy freight trains, with axle loads of 25 tonnes or more, or high-speed passenger trains at over 300km/h (186mph).
BAM to deliver 140 miles of high-speed rail infrastructure for HS2
2024年12月5日 · BAM, together with its JV partner, has been awarded three contracts to design and build the track infrastructure for the high-speed railway project HS2 in the UK.
HS2: What has been built so far? - BBC
2023年10月6日 · Eleven tunnels, a viaduct that will be the UK's longest railway bridge and four new stations have all been planned - with the track itself being laid later. How much tunnel has been built?
What is HS2 - HS2
5 天之前 · HS2 is Britain’s new high-speed railway connecting London and Birmingham. It is the first new intercity railway to be built north of London in more than a century. Our British-built …
HS2 contracts imminent for track and depot construction - Rail
2024年4月24日 · High Speed 2 expects to award track contracts worth around £1.5 billion in the second quarter of 2024. The deals come in three lots: Urban, including the Birmingham section (value estimated by HS2 in 2020 as £434 million), Central (£526m), and North (£566m).
HS2 confirms rail systems contract winners
2024年11月26日 · HS2 today named the teams that will deliver the high-speed rail project’s state-of-the-art track, signalling, communications, and other systems. The ‘rail systems’ contracts will be signed after the statutory 10-day standstill period.
History of High Speed 2 - Wikipedia
The history of High Speed 2 is the background to the planned construction of High Speed 2 (HS2), a new high-speed railway in Great Britain that was originally planned to connect London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds 100% on high speed track, and Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield using a mix of high speed track and ...