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HS2 reveals enhanced designs for Birmingham Curzon Street Station
17 Sep 2024- Design enhancements for Birmingham’s new flagship high speed railway station are a key step in the design process
- Improved features include additional cycle parking, better accessibility, rain gardens with seating, and a more passenger-friendly internal layout
- View and download the latest CGI images
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Six firms chosen for HS2 Innovation Accelerator as search begins for next cohort
12 Sep 2024- Firms chosen to receive support as part of the sixth HS2 Innovation Accelerator programme
- Digital technologies to streamline design, construction handover and site decommissioning phases to be developed
- Separately, applications open for high speed rail project’s seventh Accelerator programme
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HS2 urges women to sign up to fast-track construction work scheme
12 Sep 2024- Free women-only construction course, including 10-day paid work trial
- Six-week fast-track programme being held at South and City College Birmingham, starting on 30 September
- Places open for women in Greater Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country
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HS2 milestone: 4,500 jobseekers helped into work
10 Sep 2024More than 4,500 people who were out of work have started jobs helping to build Britain’s new high-speed railway, latest figures show.
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HS2 completes first viaduct structures at Delta Junction
09 Sep 2024- Impressive weekend operation marks the completion of four ‘pushes’ to move two parallel viaducts into place over the M42/M6 link roads
- The fourth ‘push’ saw the 1,100 tonne West Link Viaduct in North Warwickshire moved in just 11 hours next to the parallel East Link Viaduct
- View and download aerial photos and map of the Delta Junction
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Britain gets its new longest rail bridge in major HS2 milestone
05 Sep 2024- Installation of final deck segment sees HS2 viaduct break 137-year old record
- Work on the 2.1-mile long deck of Colne Valley Viaduct started in May 2022
- 1,000 pre-cast segments made at purpose-built factory on-site