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HS2 contractor celebrates 500th apprentice milestone
17 Apr 2025- Training milestone achieved for HS2’s West Midlands construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI, with 500 apprentices now on board
- Trainee formworker Kordell Carty, from Aston, is the 500th BBV apprentice to play a part in delivering the West Midlands section of the HS2 route
- 2,000 apprenticeships are set to be created across HS2 Ltd and its supply chain over the lifecycle of the project
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Unique HS2 tunnel portal completed to solve high-speed rail’s ‘sonic boom’ conundrum
10 Apr 2025- Portal extensions' appearance on HS2 is first for British railway network
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Robert Stephenson statue goes on display at the Locomotion Museum, marking 200 years of the British passenger railway
08 Apr 2025- HS2 has been taking care of the historic statue since it was removed from the Euston piazza in October 2020
- The statue will be on loan to the Locomotion Museum in Shildon, County Durham, for 10 years
- This year is the 200th anniversary of Britain’s first passenger railway – the Stockton to Darlington Railway
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Second HS2 tunnelling machine completes 5-mile drive under the capital
03 Apr 2025- TBM Caroline has arrived at Green Park Way in Ealing, the second TBM in London to complete this year
- HS2's Northolt tunnel is now 93% complete
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Celebrating the past, present and future of rail - local communities invited to get involved in Railway 200
31 Mar 2025- HS2 joins the national Railway 200 campaign and announces its plans to capture and record the public’s favourite railway stories
- A time capsule, filled with anecdotes and artefacts that celebrate Birmingham, will be buried beneath the foundations of the new Curzon Street Station
- Curzon Street unites the past and future of rail travel in Birmingham. It’s where the first Birmingham to London train departed, and where new high speed rail services will begin
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Applications open for HS2’s undergraduate summer scheme
24 Mar 2025University students who want to bolster their income and boost their skills are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner in the West Midlands for an eight-week paid work placement.