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• - HS2 lifts Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ‘Emily’ from below ground at the Green Park Way site in Greenford, West London

HS2 is continuing to invest in local talent by welcoming university students onto a paid placement programme during the summer holidays.

• Excavation of the second longest tunnel on HS2 route between London and the West Midlands has been completed
• The tunnel was built using four machines, with the final one taking 14 months to complete its drive
• Work will soon move to the next stage of tunnel construction including the flat tunnel base where high speed tracks will be laid

• View and embed new timelapse footage of the three-day deck slide near Thorpe Mandeville in West Northamptonshire
• Download new photos of the slide, which was delivered between Wednesday 18^th and Friday 20^th June 2025
• 220m-long Lower Thorpe viaduct is the last of five similar ‘double composite’ structures slid into position by main works contractor EKFB

• Third of four tunnel boring machines excavating HS2’s 8.4-mile long Northolt Tunnel breaks through
• All tunnelling will be complete for the tunnel – the second longest on the high-speed line – this summer

• Material similar to that found on non-stick frying pans was used to slide the first of three giant sections into place over a slip road during a 29-hour closure, reopening to traffic 11 hours earlier than planned.
• The multi-stage sliding technique being used means that just three weekend closures will be needed to get the East deck into position, with the next two taking it across the motorway and adjacent M6-M42 link road.