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HS2 launches Part Two of Innovation Accelerator recruitment programme
17 Aug 2020The move comes after “wave of applications to Part One beat all expectations”
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HS2 signs landmark R&D agreement with the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network
14 Aug 2020As part of its innovation programme, HS2 Ltd has today (Friday 14 August) signed a ground-breaking agreement with leading railway research centres in UK universities that will enable it to access world-leading research capabilities, knowledge and facilities.
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Port Talbot manufacturing company successfully delivers for HS2
12 Aug 2020Wernick Buildings, based in Port Talbot, South Wales, has recently completed its first accommodation instalment supporting the construction of HS2, Britain’s new high-speed, low carbon railway.
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HS2 tunnelling machines set to leave factory with the names Florence and Cecilia topping public vote
11 Aug 2020- HS2’s first two enormous Tunnel Boring Machines completed in Germany ready to be shipped to the UK and begin the 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnel excavation.
- First machine named after Florence Nightingale: the founder of modern nursing who spent many years living in Claydon, Buckinghamshire
- Second machine named after pioneering astronomer and astrophysicist, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who was born in Buckinghamshire.
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HS2 launches race for high voltage power supply systems
10 Aug 2020HS2 Ltd today began the search for specialist contractors to deliver the high voltage power supply systems that will transfer electricity to the UK's new high speed rail link and enable millions of people to enjoy low carbon journeys between London, Birmingham and the north of England.
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HS2 installs new modular bridge over M42 in just two days
09 Aug 2020Work to install a 65-metre bridge, spanning the width of the M42, was completed in just two days and ahead of schedule as the motorway reopened to road users today (9 August) 22 hours earlier than planned. The works near Interchange Station move Solihull a step closer to the arrival of HS2, Britain’s new low carbon high speed railway.