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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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Birmingham’s rail history revived as agreement reached to integrate Old Curzon Street Station into new HS2 terminus
04 Jan 2021- One of the world’s oldest surviving pieces of monumental railway architecture to be preserved and enhanced in new HS2 Curzon Street Station.
- Leader of Birmingham City Council: "This is an important milestone in the transformation of this amazing old building and the new Curzon Street Station will be one of the real show pieces of the entire HS2 network.”
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HS2 celebrates end of successful 2020 with new images showing forward progress on Europe’s biggest infrastructure project
30 Dec 2020- 240 sites now active along the route between London and the West Midlands, employing over 13,000 people with tens of thousands more jobs supported through the supply chain
- Striking new images from HS2’s construction sites – including four mega bridges installed at our Solihull site – available at this link: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction-our-progress-along-the-line-of-route/year-in-numbers-2020
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HS2 shortlists Track Systems and Tunnel and Lineside M&E suppliers
22 Dec 2020HS2 today shortlisted bidders for its Track Systems and for Tunnel and Lineside Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) systems. The winning organisations will go on to deliver around 280km of state-of-the-art high-speed track and infrastructure that will enable the UK to run some of the world’s most frequent and reliable long-distance rail services.
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HS2’s world-first emissions retrofit solution cuts emissions and carbon and will save millions of pounds
22 Dec 2020- Successful pilot of world’s first retrofit on large construction equipment will have massive impact across the HS2 project, saving millions of pounds
- Reduced emissions will benefit communities, the environment and the workforce
- Certified by the Energy Saving Trust, making it available industry-wide
- HS2 Minister: "this ground-breaking technology will protect our health and the environment."
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HS2 launches 2021 graduate recruitment scheme
21 Dec 2020HS2 Ltd, the company delivering Britain’s new low carbon, high speed railway between the capital and the North, has today (21st December 2020) kickstarted its search for talented graduates to join its 2021 programme.
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HS2 removes over 12,500 lorries from UK roads as first freight train rolls into Bucks site
18 Dec 2020- Over 180 freight trains set to deliver material to HS2’s main compound in Buckinghamshire in next 12 months, equivalent to 12,670 HGVs that would otherwise be on Britain’s roads
- Use of rail freight to this site will cut 30,150 tonnes of carbon – the equivalent of flying from London to Edinburgh 930 times!
- Images and a video of the first train can be found here: https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/KLNPpft-2SU5