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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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Wildlife begins to flourish at HS2’s largest habitat creation site
27 Aug 2025- New video shows how new grassland is being created from chalk bored for high-speed line’s longest tunnel
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NEW TIMELAPSE – HS2 lifts fourth giant tunnelling machine after 3.4-mile journey under the capital
26 Aug 2025- Download photos showing HS2’s Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ‘Anne’ being lifted to the surface at Green Park Way site in Greenford, West London.
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Huge HS2 bridge move completed in Birmingham four days ahead of schedule
21 Aug 2025- HS2 engineers have moved a 1,631 tonne steel bridge into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham four days ahead of schedule
- This is the next step in building the one mile stretch of five connected viaducts bringing high-speed trains into Birmingham Curzon Street Station
- View and embed new HS2 video of the bridge move
- Photos can be downloaded here: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery
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HS2 successfully completes major river realignment project in Warwickshire
14 Aug 2025- HS2 has completed a 749-metre realignment of the River Cole in Warwickshire – the most significant scheme of its kind on the project
- The ‘re-naturalising’ design increases the river’s meandering nature to enhance biodiversity, reduce carbon and ensure climate resilience of the new railway
- New public green spaces and paths alongside the river will improve community access
- B-roll drone footage: https://vimeo.com/1108369217/ff6ea090a4?share=copy
- Photos: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery
- YouTube video - https://youtu.be/P5rZbkJfaFw
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Giant HS2 bridge ready to be moved into place in central Birmingham
08 Aug 2025- A steel bridge weighing 1,631 tonnes is ready to be moved into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham
- The 112m long structure will be moved during night-time operations
- The section will form part of the one mile stretch of five connected viaducts bringing high-speed trains into Curzon Street Station
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The big reveal: HS2 to showcase train interior design development
29 Jul 2025- HS2 joins national celebrations to mark 200 years of the modern railway
- ‘Railway 200’ celebrates the past, present and future of rail
- HS2 to reveal train interior design concepts to the public for the first time
- View and download video and B-roll footage – train interior concepts – HS2 train animation