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• The first platforms that will be used by passengers travelling on HS2 are being built
• Each platform will be served by 400m trains
• New video and images available of the platforms being constructed

HS2 lifts Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ‘Caroline’ from below ground at the Green Park Way site in Greenford, West London

• HS2 passes a significant employment milestone with over 5,000 unemployed people starting new careers on the project
• Major investment in upskilling has helped men and women of all ages back into the world of work
• Targeted focus on supporting the unemployed has helped to bridge the skills gap
• With its dedicated skills academies and bootcamp training programmes, HS2 is supporting the Government’s drive to get Britian building and get more people into work

• Ballast from decommissioned railway sidings in West London donated to heritage railway 

• Sidings were used to bring in materials by rail to HS2’s West Ruislip site 

• The donation coincides with the celebration of 200 years of the railway in Britain 

HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Mark Wild today issued a rallying cry to the property sector to capitalise on the huge investment opportunities being generated by the project.

• Download new images showing the first section of HS2's M6 South viaduct’s East deck under construction alongside the motorway near Birmingham Airport
• Multi-stage sliding technique means that road closures for the East deck launch will be limited to one weekend for the slip road, and two for the motorway and slip road combined.