
HS2 project reaches a megaton milestone
HS2, EKFB and Hanson Aggregates celebrate the delivery by train of the one millionth tonne of aggregate to HS2 from the quarry in Gloucestershire. Image: Middleton Mann
HS2, the UK’s high-speed rail project, is celebrating a rail freight milestone. The company formed to build the railway says it has delivered a million tonnes of materials by rail. That, says HS2 Limited, has taken 100,000 lorry journeys off local roads in rural Buckinghamshire. The currently under construction project will eventually connect London and Birmingham in under one hour, with extensions to connect with Manchester and the West Coast Main Line.
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