Excavation of the UK’s first “caterpillar shaft” is underway for a key structure on High Speed 2 in London.
West London’s Old Oak Common station will become one of the country’s most vital transport hubs when it opens. It will have 14 platforms – six for High Speed 2 (HS2)…
This video was recorded at NCE’s Rail and Transit conference. Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra joint venture project director Nigel Russell and High Speed 2 (HS2) Old Oak Common head of delivery Peter Gow discuss the construction and development of the Old Oak Common Station, which when finished will be the…
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…
The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) launched for High Speed 2 (HS2) in London have completed the first mile (1.6km) of their drives for a twin bored tunnel.
TBMs Sushila and Caroline were launched by SCS (Skanska Costain Strabag JV) in October last year from the HS2 site in West…
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has launched the procurement process for a specialist contractor to deliver platform edge doors at its Old Oak Common and Interchange stations.
The contract opportunity is for a framework agreement that covers platform barrier and automatic doors along the edge of the platforms. These will line…
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…
Work on a 30km section of the planned route between the High Speed 2’s (HS2's) Birmingham Curzon Street station and Handsacre in Staffordshire is being rephased for a predicted two years, throwing jobs into jeopardy for the railway's construction partner on the project, Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV).
BBV is construction partner…
Engineers at the High Speed 2 (HS2) west London station Old Oak Common have excavated the box to track level in some areas and completed the first concrete pour for the base slab.
The super-hub is being delivered by Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra joint venture (BBVS JV) and will feature 14…
HS2 contractors have been progressing with work on the Old Oak Common station box, along with piling and utilities for the "super-hub" station.
Work to construct the station, which will be the largest built in the UK in one stage, has accelerated during 2022 and the progress made on…
London mayor Sadiq Khan has drafted in two regeneration and development experts to help deliver the transformation of Old Oak Common.
Aman Dalvi and Jon Milward will both join the board of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), which is charged with delivering tens of thousands of affordable…
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