Rail removes one million tonnes of spoil for HS2
Rail freight partners at HS2, Britain’s high speed rail project, have lifted one million tonnes of spoil from its London rail logistics hub. That effort…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…