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Inside the 'moving factory' that will cut HS2 through the Chilterns [The Guardian]

02/01/2021
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With protesters camped nearby, two giant £170m machines are being assembled. In a decades time, passengers on the new high-speed trains hurtling out of London will get just a burst of daylight and a glimpse of the Colne Valley landscape before disappearing back underground through the Chiltern Hills. Today, in that three-mile stretch between future tunnel openings to the north-west of the capital, the £98bn HS2 projects scale, engineering might and cost are all evident: both at the vast work site scooped out beside the M25 in Buckinghamshire, and in nearby waters and woods where protesters are still encamped to stop machines coming through.

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Inside the 'moving factory' that will cut HS2 through the Chilterns

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With protesters camped nearby, two giant 170m machines are being assembled

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18/12/2020	HS2 removes over 12,500 lorries from UK roads as first freight train rolls into Bucks site [HS2]
07/12/2020	HS2s clean, green boost for business and tourism in Cumbria [HS2]
03/12/2020	HS2 construction progresses at Euston as towers reach ground level [HS2]
29/11/2020	Scotland 'faces being left behind' on HS2 [Scotsman]
28/11/2020	HS2 urged to rehouse London council block residents over disruption [The Guardian]
25/11/2020	HS2 and West Midlands Combined Authority agree enabling works for Metro Eastside extension [HS2 News and Information]
23/11/2020	Businesses invited to tender for 12bn worth of HS2 contracts [HS2]
11/11/2020	HS2 only opportunity this century to grow rail freight, warns Logistics UK [Railway Gazette]
03/11/2020	HS2 launches first virtual Meet the Contractor event [HS2]
31/10/2020	Why everyone and especially Greens should still support HS2 [New Statesman]
23/10/2020	HS2: Moving ancient woodland habitat for rail line flawed, ecologists say [BBC News]
20/10/2020	Former tree of the year felled in Warwickshire to make way for HS2 [The Guardian]
20/10/2020	Veteran pear tree will live on in new woodland created by HS2 [HS2]
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12/10/2020	Safe storage for Stephenson statue during Eustons HS2 transformation [Network Rail]
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08/10/2020	On Clean Air Day 2020, HS2 announces ambitious plans to raise the bar on air quality across the project [HS2]
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07/10/2020	HS2s journey north accelerates as public consultation opens [HS2]
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11/09/2020	GB Railfreight and Rail Stone Solutions win two major HS2 contracts [GB Railfreight]
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15/02/2020	HS2: UK in talks with China over construction of high-speed line [BBC News]
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21/06/2017	HS2 commitment confirmed in Queens Speech [Rail News]
10/05/2017	Hitachi unveils AT400 British Bullet Train concept [Railway Gazette]
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20/01/2017	Britain launches HS2 rolling stock procurement [IRJ]
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07/07/2016	HS2 may be diverted around Sheffield, says report [Rail News]
28/06/2016	HS2 has unrealistic timetable, says National Audit Office [BBC News]
14/05/2016	HS2 may not even reach Manchester as Department for Transport faces having project taken out of its control [Telegraph]
10/05/2016	Disruption looms as HS2 starts station work early [Times]
09/05/2016	Work starts on construction of HS2 colleges [Rail News]
18/04/2016	Upgrading West Coast line 'not an alternative to HS2' [Rail News]
21/03/2016	Agreement on plans to look at three-hour Scotland to London rail link [BBC News]
15/03/2016	HS2 denies claims that its trains are at risk of derailing at top speeds [Guardian]
12/03/2016	HS2 at risk of derailing at top speeds, report finds [Telegraph]
14/01/2016	SNP ditches plan for Glasgow-Edinburgh high speed bullet train [Herald]
02/12/2015	Government 'not pursuing' HS1-HS2 rail link [Rail News]
29/11/2015	HS2 Birmingham to Crewe link to open six years early [BBC News]
18/11/2015	Devolution deal boost for Birmingham rail services [Rail News]
11/11/2015	Nottingham-to-Derby tram link backed by councils [BBC News]
24/09/2015	HS2: George Osborne urges China to pitch for £11.8bn contracts [BBC News]
15/09/2015	Euston station HS2 plans 'should be scrapped' [BBC News]
13/08/2015	Is chugging along enough after railway upgrades put on pause? [Guardian]
13/08/2015	Gallery: Dismantling Crossrails tunnel boring machines [Rail News]
25/03/2015	HS2: Government has no 'convincing case' for £50bn rail line [BBC News]
19/03/2015	£130m tram route decision announced [Rail News]
11/11/2014	'We need an underwater train to Ireland,' says think tank [BBC News]
28/10/2014	What is HS3?: proposed sub-Pennine rail line explained [Guardian]
24/10/2014	HS2: Phase two report proposes new station for Crewe [BBC News]
22/10/2014	Britain’s railway network Transport mode of choice [GlobalRailNews]
21/07/2014	Birmingham named as new HS2 headquarters [BBC News]
29/04/2014	MPs reject calls for HS2 rail plans to be halted [BBC News]
15/03/2014	HS2 should be seen as the future backbone of Britain's railway [Guardian]
28/02/2014	Birmingham HS2 Curzon station plans unveiled [BBC News]
10/02/2014	HS2 Toton station could see the relocation of up to 600 jobs [BBC News]
12/11/2013	Coventry to join Metro tram network in upgrade plans [BBC News]
27/10/2013	Railway line shut by Beeching 'can save us £36bn' [Mail]
06/10/2013	The Borders Railway: a £350m ticket to nowhere? [Sunday Herald]
24/09/2013	HS2: 12 arguments for and against [BBC News]
19/04/2013	HS2 Euston station total rebuild plan scrapped [BBC]
15/03/2013	HS2 ruling 'a victory' despite unlawful compensation move [BBC News]
29/01/2013	Ministers braced for backlash over HS2 northern route [Telegraph]
28/01/2013	HS2 announcement: 'a vital engine for growth' [Independent]
12/11/2012	High-speed rail plan for Glasgow to Edinburgh line [BBC News]
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08/11/2011	Scotland urged to begin work for high-speed rail link [BBC News]
27/02/2011	Councils oppose high speed rail route [LocalGovUK]
07/11/2010	National Trust anger over High Speed 2 [Telegraph]

Inside the 'moving factory' that will cut HS2 through the Chilterns [The Guardian]

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