An aerial view of HS2 construction so far [BBC News]





Date: 15/02/2021

Take a flight along phase one of the high-speed rail network from London to Birmingham.


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An aerial view of HS2 construction so far
South Cubbington Wood

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Take a flight along phase one of the high-speed rail network “ from London to Birmingham.

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DateItem
11/02/2021HS2 accelerates north as MPs give go-ahead to next phase to Crewe [HS2]
09/02/2021Watch: ScotRail shares alarming video of train travelling across Forth Bridge in thick fog [Fife Today]
06/02/2021Thousands of tonnes of debris on Fairlie railway track [Largs and Millport Weekly News]
04/02/2021Is high-speed rail travel on a track to nowhere? [BBC News]
31/01/2021Incredible video shows what it's like to cross the Forth Bridge in the driver's seat [Fife Today]
28/01/2021HS2 dig finds 16th Century gardens in Warwickshire [BBC News]
27/01/2021HS2: Bailiffs start evicting HS2 protesters from camp - as police move in to 'keep the peace' [Daily Mail]
27/01/2021Inside the 100ft tunnel dug by HS2 protesters under a London park video [The Guardian]
25/01/2021HS2 set to start permanent construction of huge Victoria Road Crossover Box [HS2]
06/01/2021HS2 set to reach 730,000 planted trees landmark by Spring 2021 [HS2]
04/01/2021Birminghams rail history revived as agreement reached to integrate Old Curzon Street Station into new HS2 terminus [HS2]
02/01/2021Inside the 'moving factory' that will cut HS2 through the Chilterns [The Guardian]
30/12/2020HS2 celebrates end of successful 2020 with new images showing forward progress on Europes biggest infrastructure project [HS2]
21/12/2020ScotRail video to show driver's view of scenic West Highland Line and Glenfinnan Viaduct [Scotsman]
18/12/2020HS2 removes over 12,500 lorries from UK roads as first freight train rolls into Bucks site [HS2]
07/12/2020HS2s clean, green boost for business and tourism in Cumbria [HS2]
03/12/2020HS2 construction progresses at Euston as towers reach ground level [HS2]
29/11/2020Scotland 'faces being left behind' on HS2 [Scotsman]
28/11/2020HS2 urged to rehouse London council block residents over disruption [The Guardian]
25/11/2020HS2 and West Midlands Combined Authority agree enabling works for Metro Eastside extension [HS2 News and Information]
24/11/2020New video showcases ScotRail fight against Covid-19 [ScotRail]
23/11/2020Businesses invited to tender for 12bn worth of HS2 contracts [HS2]
11/11/2020HS2 only opportunity this century to grow rail freight, warns Logistics UK [Railway Gazette]
03/11/2020HS2 launches first virtual Meet the Contractor event [HS2]
31/10/2020Why everyone and especially Greens should still support HS2 [New Statesman]
28/10/2020Watch: Dramatic time-lapse video shows amazing transformation of Glasgow Queen Street Station [Scotsman]
23/10/2020HS2: Moving ancient woodland habitat for rail line flawed, ecologists say [BBC News]
20/10/2020Former tree of the year felled in Warwickshire to make way for HS2 [The Guardian]
20/10/2020Veteran pear tree will live on in new woodland created by HS2 [HS2]
16/10/2020Hope for train jobs in South Lanarkshire could hit the buffers [Carluke Gazette]
13/10/2020Cost of HS2 high-speed rail line rises by 800m [The Guardian]
12/10/2020Safe storage for Stephenson statue during Eustons HS2 transformation [Network Rail]
09/10/2020HS2 awards contract for first two London tunnelling machines [HS2]
08/10/2020On Clean Air Day 2020, HS2 announces ambitious plans to raise the bar on air quality across the project [HS2]
08/10/2020High-speed train 'stabling' facility proposed near Gretna [BBC News]
08/10/2020Carlisle could be on the HS2 map [News and Star]
07/10/2020Hold on! Hyperlapse video turns a picturesque funicular journey through Swiss mountains [Daily Mail]
07/10/2020HS2s journey north accelerates as public consultation opens [HS2]
30/09/2020Video: Catesby Tunnel [Rail Engineer]
29/09/2020History of Birminghams Peaky Blinders to feature in new BBC documentary [HS2]
25/09/2020Industry body backs calls for Borders railway invest to speed up journey times and increase freight trade [insider]
22/09/2020New footage of the discovery of the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders to be shown in BBC documentary [HS2]
16/09/2020ScotRail posts video showing progress to repair Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line [Edinburgh News]
15/09/2020HS2 tunnel segment factory building complete [Rail Engineer]
11/09/2020Video: Work to clear scene of Stonehaven train derailment continues [Evening Express]
11/09/2020GB Railfreight and Rail Stone Solutions win two major HS2 contracts [GB Railfreight]
11/09/2020Watch: Arran ferry makes sharp turn into Ardrossan harbour in strong winds [Ardrossan Herald]
09/09/2020HS2's archaeological dig to be showcased in BBC documentary [HS2]
08/09/2020A level crossing: should Scotland be on the HS2 railway line? [Railway Technology]
04/09/2020HS2: construction of £106bn high-speed rail line officially starts [The Guardian]
04/09/2020HS2 heralds formal start of construction as a 22,000 jobs boost for Britain [HS2]
02/09/2020First HS2 construction train to Washwood Heath [RAIL]
17/08/2020Tree of the week: the beloved 250-year-old wild pear being cut down for HS2 [The Guardian]
17/08/2020UK universities and HS2 Ltd finalise research partnership [Railway Gazette]
12/08/2020Virtual depot tour released to mark Metros 40th anniversary [Tyne and Wear Metro]
11/08/2020Giant tunnelling machines for HS2 unveiled [BBC News]
11/08/2020Extending HS2 to Scotland identified as starting point for rail decarbonisation [New Civil Engineer]
31/07/2020HS2 Chiltern tunnel headwall ready for tunnel boring machines [Rail Engineer]
06/07/2020HS2 opens procurement competition for signalling and slab track [Rail Engineer]
23/06/2020Video: Edinburgh local creates fascinating flyby maps of city's lost railways [Edinburgh News]
13/06/2020Rise in injunctions against HS2 protesters [The Guardian]
12/06/2020New HS2 report hailed as boost for case for Borders Railway extension [Southern Reporter]
10/06/2020Call for HS2 to run to Scotland and cut London rail journey time to three hours [Scotsman]
20/05/2020HS2s Old Oak Common station receives planning approval [Rail Engineer]
11/05/2020Watch: awesome video shows LNER drivers view of Edinburghs Forth Rail Bridge crossing [Scotsman]
04/05/2020Video: Enjoy an Azuma train driver's view of the strath at super high speed [Strathspey and Badenoch Herald]
28/04/2020This amazing video shows what an LNER train driver sees on the journey from Edinburgh to London [Scotsman]
24/04/2020Confident and contemporary Curzon Street HS2 station approved [Railway Gazette]
23/04/2020First HS2 station approved: Grimshaw's Curzon Street plans waved though [Architects Journal]
15/04/2020Construction on HS2 can begin, government says [The Guardian]
10/03/2020HS2 work has unearthed an old Robert Stephenson-designed railway turntable [BBC News]
09/03/2020Birmingham HS2 Interchange build begins [RAIL]
04/03/2020Stunning new HS2 railway station with huge platforms unveiled for Solihull [Birmingham Live]
24/02/2020HS2 train order decision delayed [RAIL]
18/02/2020Crossrail videos show latest progress on railways central London stations [Building]
16/02/2020Watch: Dramatic video shows water pouring through overhead train lines during Storm Dennis [Scotsman]
15/02/2020HS2: UK in talks with China over construction of high-speed line [BBC News]
13/02/2020Is HS2 rail link being built in wrong direction? Bill Jamieson [Scotsman]
11/02/2020HS2 go-ahead 'controversial and difficult' [BBC News]
02/02/2020Will HS2 really help cut the UK's carbon footprint? [The Guardian]
24/01/2020New fears over where HS2 is going [ITV News]
21/01/2020Grimshaw reveals revised designs for new Birmingham HS2 station [Architects Journal]
20/01/2020HS2: route, cost, speed, benefits and issues around the high-speed railway explained [iNews]
15/01/2020HS2 supporters fear Boris Johnson plans to scrap part of rail project [The Guardian]
26/11/2019Video: New 'revolutionary' train service departs Aberdeen for first time [Evening Express]
07/11/2019'Infrastructure in years, not decades' urges TfN chief [RAIL]
17/10/2019Final voyage of explorer who named Australia as excavated remains to return home [ITV News]
11/10/2019Scottish high-speed rail could mean Edinburgh to Newcastle in 45 minutes Alastair Dalton [Scotsman]
10/09/2019Timelapse video reveals newly double-tracked railway between Aberdeen and Inverurie and the new Kintore station [Press and Journal]
03/09/2019HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail vital for growth [RAIL]
03/09/2019HS2 to be delayed by up to five years as cost spirals to £88bn [The Guardian]
21/08/2019HS2: Review to examine costs and benefits of rail project [BBC News]
21/08/2019HS2: how far has work got, and why might it be scrapped? [The Guardian]
30/07/2019Tunnel vision: does HS2s Y-shaped plan really work for the North? [Railway Technology]
27/07/2019Boris Johnson backs high-speed Leeds to Manchester rail route [BBC News]
23/07/2019Old Oak Common sheds demolished [RAIL]
12/07/2019Video: Aberdeen to Inverness railway project is on time say bosses [Evening Express]
11/06/2019The 5 bidders for HS2 train order reveal their designs [Rail Engineer]
06/06/2019First pictures of high speed HS2 train designs revealed [Metro]
30/05/2019ScotRail launches sign language app to help deaf customers [The Herald]
16/05/2019Limit HS2 speeds and move terminus to cut costs, say Lords [The Guardian]
10/05/2019Flying Scotsman gets video cameras to catch rail enthusiasts on tracks [The Herald]
18/04/2019If TfL couldn't make Crossrail run on time, what hope for the HS2 project? | Phillip Inman [The Guardian]
10/04/2019 'All the Stations' - couple record railway visits [RTE News]
27/03/2019£56bn HS2 rail project under fire for using taxpayers' money to hire two consultancy firms [Daily Mail]
15/03/2019Video: Tornado storms in to wow enthusiasts as Aberdeen welcomes first steam engine in 25 years [Evening Express]
14/03/2019All aboard the steam-hauled train from Edinburgh [BBC News]
19/02/2019Birmingham: Washwood Heath train factory demolished [Rail Engineer]
15/02/2019Video shows train striking semi in north Denton County [Denton Record-Chronicle]
10/02/2019Mounting Cabinet revolt threatens to sink the HS2 rail link [Daily Mail]
07/02/2019Single HS2 station to cost £1Billion as campaigners say the project is 'falling apart' [Daily Mail]
25/01/2019Matthew Flinders: Australia explorer's remains found in HS2 dig [BBC]
14/01/201930 minutes at Glasgow Central... [ScotRail YouTube]
13/01/2019HS2 may run fewer, slower trains to stay on budget and schedule [The Guardian]
20/12/2018Britain's most endangered bird the Willow tit will be driven to the brink of extinction by HS2 [Daily Mail]
08/12/2018ScotRail makes video to explain 'slam doors' on 40-year-old trains [Scotsman]
05/12/2018Sir Terry Morgan resigns from HS2 and Crossrail roles [ITV News]
30/11/2018HS2 rail chief Terry Morgan faces sack over spiralling costs [The Guardian]
26/10/2018Controversial HS2 burial site dig at London Euston begins [BBC News]
10/10/2018Talgo shortlists UK factory sites [Railway Gazette]
04/07/2018HS2 trains could be built in UK as Bombardier and Hitachi plan joint bid [ITV News]
28/06/2018Chinese rail companies in front to run HS2 trains as British Virgin Trains and First Group struggle [Daily Mail]
09/05/2018HS2 project delayed after Aberdeen letter blunder [Press and Journal]
03/05/2018Video: Rhondda Tunnel Detailed Examination [Rail Engineer]
09/04/2018India engineless train rolls back for miles [BBC News]
31/03/2018The ten fastest trains in the world: Video [Smartrail World]
08/03/2018A new railway proposal revealed for South East England [Global Railway Review]
06/03/2018Incredible video shows snowplough train busting its way through snow [Lowestoft Journal]
03/03/2018Video: Inquiry call over snowmaggeddon train service meltdown in Scotland [Herald]
02/03/2018ScotRail testing network in bid to get trains moving [Scotsman]
01/03/2018VIDEO: New 'train with a brain' arrives in Inverness for the first time [Press and Journal]
27/02/2018How the Digital Railway will grow capacity on the railway [Network Rail]
19/02/2018What the railway could look like in 30 years time [Network Rail]
05/01/2018Preston railway station branded as outdated and inadequate [Lancashire Evening Post]
04/01/2018First look at CAFs new rolling stock factory in Wales [Global Rail News]
15/11/2017Video: Sack Abellio ScotRail call as hundreds of staff are asked to quit Scotland's railways [Herald]
02/11/2017Five companies shortlisted to build trains for HS2 [Independent]
02/10/2017Hammond to announce 'more money' for Northern Powerhouse rail [BBC News]
24/08/2017Euston closure: no trains in or out of rail terminal over Bank Holiday weekend due to HS2 engineering works [Evening Standard]
17/07/2017HS2 reveals winners of building contracts [BBC News]
27/06/2017 Video Couple visiting all British railway stations [BBC News]
26/06/2017Plans for Midland Metro expansion presented [IRJ]
21/06/2017HS2 commitment confirmed in Queens Speech [Rail News]
10/05/2017Hitachi unveils AT400 British Bullet Train concept [Railway Gazette]
24/04/2017Virgin and Stagecoach join with SNCF on HS2 WCP franchise bid [RTM]
02/04/2017Berkeley calls for review of HS2 as predicted Phase 1 costs soar to £48bn [RTM]
23/02/2017HS2 high speed railway on track for final approval [BBC News]
20/01/2017Britain launches HS2 rolling stock procurement [IRJ]
16/01/2017New EMU 'Doon The Clyde Coast'! [Jeffray Wotherspoon]
19/11/2016How Toton Sidings became a huge railway hub - in Victorian days [Nottingham Post]
19/11/2016Croydon line tram driver suspended over Sun footage [BBC News]
18/11/2016Croydon trams: 'Sleeping' driver footage probed [Sun]
15/11/2016HS2: Ministers confirm North West and Yorkshire routes [BBC News]
05/11/2016New West Coast rail franchise to run HS2 services [BBC News]
07/10/2016French train firm unveils plans for £20m plant in north-west England [Guardian]
23/09/2016Video: ScotRail's new Japanese trains put through their paces [Scotsman]
04/08/2016How to hack your train fares in half [BBC]
01/08/2016VIDEO: Glasgow Queen Street [Rail Engineer]
07/07/2016HS2 may be diverted around Sheffield, says report [Rail News]
28/06/2016HS2 has unrealistic timetable, says National Audit Office [BBC News]
14/05/2016HS2 may not even reach Manchester as Department for Transport faces having project taken out of its control [Telegraph]
10/05/2016Disruption looms as HS2 starts station work early [Times]
09/05/2016Work starts on construction of HS2 colleges [Rail News]
18/04/2016Upgrading West Coast line 'not an alternative to HS2' [Rail News]
13/04/2016Dispatcher arrested: Game linked to Bad Aibling crash [Deutsche Welle]
21/03/2016Agreement on plans to look at three-hour Scotland to London rail link [BBC News]
15/03/2016HS2 denies claims that its trains are at risk of derailing at top speeds [Guardian]
12/03/2016HS2 at risk of derailing at top speeds, report finds [Telegraph]
14/01/2016SNP ditches plan for Glasgow-Edinburgh high speed bullet train [Herald]
06/12/2015Mega train delivers Australian record [BBC News]
02/12/2015Government 'not pursuing' HS1-HS2 rail link [Rail News]
29/11/2015HS2 Birmingham to Crewe link to open six years early [BBC News]
18/11/2015Devolution deal boost for Birmingham rail services [Rail News]
11/11/2015Nottingham-to-Derby tram link backed by councils [BBC News]
24/09/2015HS2: George Osborne urges China to pitch for £11.8bn contracts [BBC News]
15/09/2015Euston station HS2 plans 'should be scrapped' [BBC News]
13/08/2015Is chugging along enough after railway upgrades put on pause? [Guardian]
29/07/2015Rail bridge slid into place as £500m motorway upgrade continues [BBC News]
24/04/2015New electric trains between London and Swansea [BBC News]
25/03/2015HS2: Government has no 'convincing case' for £50bn rail line [BBC News]
19/03/2015£130m tram route decision announced [Rail News]
19/01/2015Cab ride over the new Reading viaduct [Dailymotion]
11/11/2014'We need an underwater train to Ireland,' says think tank [BBC News]
28/10/2014What is HS3?: proposed sub-Pennine rail line explained [Guardian]
24/10/2014HS2: Phase two report proposes new station for Crewe [BBC News]
22/10/2014Britain’s railway network Transport mode of choice [GlobalRailNews]
17/10/2014Video Report on the Borders Railway Project [Rail Engineer]
13/08/2014VIDEO: Borders Railway structures [Midlothian Advertiser]
21/07/2014Birmingham named as new HS2 headquarters [BBC News]
29/04/2014MPs reject calls for HS2 rail plans to be halted [BBC News]
15/03/2014HS2 should be seen as the future backbone of Britain's railway [Guardian]
28/02/2014Birmingham HS2 Curzon station plans unveiled [BBC News]
10/02/2014HS2 Toton station could see the relocation of up to 600 jobs [BBC News]
20/12/2013Borders Railway a year down the line - Video [Midlothian Advertiser]
12/11/2013Coventry to join Metro tram network in upgrade plans [BBC News]
27/10/2013Railway line shut by Beeching 'can save us £36bn' [Mail]
06/10/2013The Borders Railway: a £350m ticket to nowhere? [Sunday Herald]
30/09/2013Nobody at controls in Chicago train crash, dozens injured [CBS News]
24/09/2013HS2: 12 arguments for and against [BBC News]
19/04/2013HS2 Euston station total rebuild plan scrapped [BBC]
15/03/2013HS2 ruling 'a victory' despite unlawful compensation move [BBC News]
12/03/2013Transmongolian And Transsiberian Train Trip [Aol Travel]
18/02/2013Spoil heap continues to move onto Doncaster railway line [The Star]
29/01/2013Ministers braced for backlash over HS2 northern route [Telegraph]
28/01/2013HS2 announcement: 'a vital engine for growth' [Independent]
05/01/2013Timelapse of Crossrail demolition of bridges [BBC News]
12/11/2012High-speed rail plan for Glasgow to Edinburgh line [BBC News]
29/09/2012HS2 rail line could be re-routed to Heathrow [Telegraph]
13/02/2012Stunning steam train video as new life begins for an icon of Victorian age [Yorkshire Post]
03/02/2012ScotRail conductor returns to work after YouTube video [Rail.co]
10/01/2012HS2: Phase one of high-speed rail line gets go-ahead [BBC News]
26/12/2011China's new bullet train can reach 500km/h [Reuters]
08/11/2011Scotland urged to begin work for high-speed rail link [BBC News]
20/07/2011Dutch Railway Station Installs Slide For Busy Passengers (VIDEO)
05/04/2011Network Rail releases shocking level crossing footage [Rail.co]
08/03/2011Japan launches new 300kmh bullet train [Euronews]
27/02/2011Councils oppose high speed rail route [LocalGovUK]
18/11/2010Passenger train slides for two and a half miles [BBC]
07/11/2010National Trust anger over High Speed 2 [Telegraph]
17/01/2010Big train fan tracks really big train [Los Angeles Times]
28/03/2009Glasgow Airport Rail Link Video [New Civil Engineer]