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• Ballast from decommissioned railway sidings in West London donated to heritage railway 

• Sidings were used to bring in materials by rail to HS2’s West Ruislip site 

• The donation coincides with the celebration of 200 years of the railway in Britain 

HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Mark Wild today issued a rallying cry to the property sector to capitalise on the huge investment opportunities being generated by the project.

• Download new images showing the first section of HS2's M6 South viaduct’s East deck under construction alongside the motorway near Birmingham Airport
• Multi-stage sliding technique means that road closures for the East deck launch will be limited to one weekend for the slip road, and two for the motorway and slip road combined.

• Major construction milestone as HS2 completes the first section of the 3.5-mile Bromford Tunnel linking Warwickshire and Birmingham
• Tunnel boring machine, Mary Ann, travelled under the region’s motorway network, watercourses and key National Grid infrastructure without disruption
• Specialist tunnelling teams spent 652 days and nights working underground to complete the mission
• Photographs capture the breakthrough moment https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/mary-ann-breakthrough-may-2025
• Striking new images show the team at work underground https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/bromford-tunnelling-heroes 

• HS2 is days away from completing the first section of the Bromford Tunnel linking North Warwickshire and the West Midlands
• Tunnel boring machine, Mary Ann, has navigated under motorways, watercourses and the region’s major power supply network without disruption
• A new generation of tunnellers is born, as apprentices, graduates and formerly unemployed local residents learn from the very best in the industry
• Striking new images show the team deep beneath the ground as they carry out their complex mission

Two standout HS2 apprentices from Ealing have proven that hard work really does pay off, as they will now reap the benefits of a free university education and a four-year extension to their employment contracts.