Two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to drive the 7.2km twin-bore High Speed 2 (HS2) tunnels between Old Oak Common and Euston will be put in place underground years before the government gives permission to proceed.
The development of HS2’s London terminus at Euston was put on pause in March when the government…
A version of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London Euston station with only seven platforms would prevent the high-speed network from ever reaching the service levels it is designed to accommodate, according to experts.
The new HS2 Euston station is intended to be the London terminus of the high-speed rail line, but…
Automated production of over 83,000 concrete tunnel segments for High Speed 2 (HS2) has begun at a new facility at Hartlepool Docks in County Durham.
A portion of the tunnel segments will be used to construct 8km of twin bored tunnel for the Euston tunnel between Old Oak Common and Euston…
HS2 Ltd has released its HS2 Corporate Plan 2022 to 2026, providing an overview of its goals for High Speed 2 (HS2) beyond the mid-decade mark.
Construction of key routes and stations is scheduled to go ahead, while HS2 East connecting Birmingham in the West Midlands to the East Midlands is…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) over its mismanagement of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London terminus at Euston and says it “does not know what it is trying to achieve with the station”.
The DfT took the decision in March this year to pause construction…
The Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd are looking to reduce the scope and the requirements of the High Speed 2 (HS2) London terminal at Euston as they begin the process of redesigning it for a third time in hopes of reducing the cost.
Development of Euston station for HS2…
Key elements of the build around the High Speed 2 (HS2) Euston site, including a substation and utilities diversions, will need to be completed before work halts, according to HS2 Ltd’s chief executive.
Last month, the government announced that HS2’s London terminal at Euston would be “rephased”, with work put on…
Delaying High Speed 2 (HS2) – and other major infrastructure projects – will not save money, the transport secretary Mark Harper has said in an evidence session for the Transport Select Committee this week.
In March the Department for Transport announced its intention to “rephase” the delivery of Phase 2b (Crewe…
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd and the Department for Transport (DfT) face a dilemma over whether to press ahead with construction of a 7km tunnel linking Old Oak Common with Euston later this year after the station project itself was put on pause earlier this month.
The £1.2bn tunnel is due to…
The National Audit Office (NAO) has called for a “reset” at High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Euston terminus as the current plan is forecast to be £2.2bn overbudget and could worsen with the two year pause on construction.
The public spending watchdog’s new report into the decision making and expenditure on HS2’s…
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