News

• HS2 begins the search for 40 new apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week 2025
• The new cohort of trainees will form part of 2,000 apprenticeships set to be created by HS2 Ltd and its supply chain throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Download images of current HS2 apprentices Ellie Kent and Adil Ali: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery

• 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

“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.  

HS2 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.

• 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

• 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