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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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The Northolt Four! New tunnelling machine joins three others digging high-speed line under London
08 Apr 2024- Tunnelling activity on HS2 reaches peak with nearly 50% of bored tunnelling complete between London and the West Midlands
- Video of the tunnelling machines ready to bore available here: https://youtu.be/Ge0qaxsnE-Q
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Planning approval granted for final key West Midlands structures bringing HS2 into Birmingham
04 Apr 2024- HS2’s final two West Midlands ‘Key Design Element’ structures bringing HS2 into Birmingham receive planning approval
- HS2 has consulted with communities to incorporate feedback in the design wherever possible
- View CGIs of Saltley Viaduct and CGIs of River Blythe Viaduct
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HS2 urges jobseekers to sign up for thousand new training opportunities
03 Apr 2024- Flannery Plant Hire secures 1,000 training places across three Operator Skills Hubs – in Iver (Buckinghamshire), Brackley and Sutton Coldfield
- View a new video telling the story of Leoni from Northamptonshire, believed to be the first qualified female grader driver, who trained at the Brackley hub.
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HS2: Easter progress for key Wendover viaduct
02 Apr 2024- Work on the 345m long Small Dean viaduct that will span the A413 south of Wendover, Buckinghamshire took place over the Easter weekend
- Download the latest images of the Small Dean Viaduct
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Final breakthrough for HS2’s longest tunnel
21 Mar 2024- Second tunnel boring machine (TBM), Cecilia, reaches northern portal of 10 mile high-speed rail tunnel under Chiltern Hills.
- Arrival marks completion of mammoth drive taking two years and nine months.
- 2,000 tonne Cecilia joins twin sister machine, Florence, following her arrival last month.
- Download high resolution images of the breakthrough.
- View and embed footage of the spectacular breakthrough moment.