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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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HS2 marks reinterment of Euston remains with memorial monument
29 Jun 2023- Human remains from St James's Gardens, Euston, reinterred at Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey
- Prayer service held to mark completion of new memorial (pictured)
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Crawley business jumps ahead with contracts on HS2
29 Jun 2023Business is booming for Crawley-based, family-run business OnSite Support Ltd thanks to a series of repeat contract awards on HS2, Britain’s flagship infrastructure project.
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First steel beams arrive for HS2’s low-carbon Wendover viaduct
29 Jun 2023- View and embed a new video showing the delivery of the first steel beams and explaining the innovative carbon-saving ‘double-composite’ structure.
- Download new images showing progress on site near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
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HS2 trials automotive design technology to drive down embedded carbon by 10%
26 Jun 2023- Intelligent design technologies shorten design process from one month to one hour
- link to HS2 image library https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/wendover-to-warwickshire
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HS2 and Hornby team up to celebrate 10 million tonne rail freight milestone with new model train
23 Jun 2023- HS2 has celebrated moving 10 million tonnes of material by rail by unveiling a new mini model of the ‘Green Progressor’ – the famous locomotive which is helping reduce transport emissions on HS2.
- A new video shows how British model railway maker Hornby has immortalised the locomotive in miniature form: (https://youtu.be/Z4GEFa50Fcw)
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Two years of permanent construction completed at HS2’s Old Oak Common Station site
23 Jun 2023- Nearly 2,000 jobs supported by the construction of HS2’s ‘super-hub’ station