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• Hot on the heels of HS2’s first London TBM, ‘Sushila’, who set off earlier this month, the 2,000 tonnes TBM, ‘Caroline’ has today begun the 5-mile journey towards Greenford from West Ruislip in West London
• TBM named after ‘first professional’ female astronomer Caroline Herschel

Watch: Mark Thurston, CEO at HS2 Ltd provides the latest project update - https://youtu.be/XaqFWAZXGes

In the last three months, the rapid pace of HS2’s construction has seen more than 2,300 people join the ‘orange army’ building HS2’s stations, viaducts, bridges and embankments, taking the current total workforce to just under 30,000.

• A newly released video shows how the club has used the grant to build ‘The Venue’, a new clubhouse replacing the original building which suffered fire damage in 2019.
• Download the video showing the dramatic transformation here: (https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/AMu7Xs8PKWls)

The launch of HS2’s giant tunnel boring machine, which set off on its five-mile journey from West Ruislip to Greenford on 6^th October, has sparked new training and employment opportunities for residents in seven London boroughs.

• 1.9 million cubic metres of rock and earth to be excavated to create the two cuttings – enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall more than twenty times.

• Download new photos showing early works on HS2’s longest cutting – the 2.5 mile Barton Hartshorn to Mixbury cutting near Brackley – and the 2.1 mile Calvert cutting in Buckinghamshire.

Maria Grazia-Zedda, HS2’s workforce equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) manager, has been recognised by the Shaw Trust for her work supporting people with disabilities.