British rail freight keeps HS2 on schedule at Old Oak Common
Two years into the project and ramping up to around 1.500 trains a year. Five freight services a day is the average service for the vast HS2 project, and nowhere is that more evident than...Read more
West London Orbital freight line would connect Heathrow and HS2
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled ambitious plans to massively upgrade a freight-only spur and rebrand it as the West London Orbital, a link that will connect Hounslow to Hendon and West Hampstead in the...Read more
Fears for the UK economy over HS2 costs says outspoken peer
The rising cost of Britain’s HS2 project jeopardises other rail-related development. It even undermines the key government policy of ‘Levelling Up’ the regional economies of the UK. That is the stark warning from Lord Tony...Read more
HS2: Another week, another tunnel
HS2 Limited, the company building the high-speed railway between London and Birmingham, has launched the next phase of tunnelling on the enormous infrastructure project. The first of six tunnel boring machines that will dig over...Read more
UK’s high-speed project delivers 20,000 jobs so far
One year on from the start of construction, the UK’s high speed rail project – HS2 – is celebrating an employment landmark. Exactly one year since the UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced the formal...Read more
Colas breathes new life into old train depot for HS2
Colas, the freight operator best known for their infrastructure support roles, is preparing a site at Old Oak Common in the west of London as a major interchange for rail traffic. The former locomotive and...Read more
Meet the ‘beating heart’ of high-speed rail in London
The first train carrying spoil removed from HS2 construction works in London has left the new HS2 Logistics Hub in Willesden. The site of a former railway maintenance depot, is being transformed to serve construction...Read more
HS2: progress in 2020 – and going underground for 2021
The company behind Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, building the high speed rail project in England, has celebrated the first year of construction. HS2 Limited has graphically outlined of the scale of the works now underway....Read more
HS2 accredited green by British Standards Institute
HS2 has an extensive carbon management programme in place, and now it has been recognised with a globally recognised accreditation. The builders behind Britain’s new high-speed railway have been awarded the PAS 2080 global accreditation,...Read moreHS2 construction good for UK rail freight, supply and logistics industries
The UK High Speed Rail project, HS2, officially launched its ten-year construction phase last week. The recruitment drive will eventually employ over 22,000 people at over 200 sites along the line, between London and Birmingham....Read more
UK’s high-speed line reiterates capacity and carbon credentials
HS2, Britain’s high-speed rail project, connecting London and Birmingham, continues with civil engineering works on sites including Old Oak Common in the capital and Curzon Street in the West Midlands. With tunnelling machines set for...Read more
Breedon Aggregates adds to bulk flows from UK quarry
Independent aggregates supplier Breedon has turned once again to rail to fulfill a prestigious London HS2 contract, and there is a Welsh steel connection too. With 900 million tonnes of heavy raw materials in its...Read more