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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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Foundations complete for HS2's Old Oak Common high speed station
10 Feb 2025- 850 metre long underground station box foundations are now complete ready for six high speed platforms to be built
- Images of progress at Old Oak Common station available here
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School teacher heads back to class for an HS2 apprenticeship
08 Feb 2025“Apprenticeships aren’t just for teenagers. It’s never too late to start again.”
After seven years teaching at his local secondary school in Croydon, Joshua Savage decided it was time for change. He’d worked hard to get where he was, progressing up the ranks from teaching assistant to qualified PE and Science teacher. But deep down, he knew it wasn’t the job he wanted for the next thirty years.
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HS2 invites tenders for the supply and operation of elevated transit system at Solihull’s Interchange Station
07 Feb 2025HS2 Ltd today invited two companies to tender for a major contract to supply, operate and maintain its elevated transit system at Solihull’s Interchange Station, following a shortlisting process.
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HS2 unveils latest green bridge near Kenilworth
05 Feb 2025- Progress revealed on HS2’s newest bridge near Kenilworth, Warwickshire – one of 16 ‘green’ bridges on the project
- Main construction work now complete on Stoneleigh Road structure, which is set to feature nature corridors to enable wildlife to cross over the bridge
- Download images: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery
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Birmingham-based MPB Structures wins contract to build the ‘substructure’ for HS2’s Curzon Street Station
04 Feb 2025- Civil engineering specialist MPB Structures will build the substructure for HS2’s flagship station in Birmingham
- A team of around 140 people will start delivering the works in early 2025
- Training and jobs will be available for local people
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New timelapse: HS2 completes 4,500-tonne viaduct deck slide in just four days
03 Feb 2025- View and embed a timelapse video showing how engineers slid the 4,500 tonne Small Dean viaduct into position over just four days (Thur-Sun) – the heaviest and longest single-stage viaduct deck slide on the project so far.
- Download the latest images of the Small Dean Viaduct, which crosses the A413 and the railway to Aylesbury near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.