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• World first tech combines virtual reality with eye-tracking and emotion-sensing software to design HS2’s station of the future
• Technology enables station designs to be tested and refined before building starts
• Ambition to achieve a stress-free passenger experience in HS2 stations

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson is hosting an online event for small and medium sized businesses in the North West to demonstrate just how simple it is to register an interest in joining HS2’s supply chain.

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson is hosting an online event for small and medium sized businesses in the West Midlands to demonstrate just how simple it is to register an interest in joining HS2’s supply chain.

• The search starts today to find the name for the 2,000 tonne Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that will dig under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire.
• The British public are asked to choose from three shortlisted names nominated by people in Warwickshire.
• The TBM will launch later this year and start its one year journey to create a one-mile twin bore tunnel to preserve ancient woodland above ground.
• The public can vote for their favourite name here: https://www.hs2.org.uk/tbmvoting

• HS2 Ltd kicks off search for construction partner for the station at the heart of the UK’s new high speed rail network.
• 1,000 jobs will be supported by the contract, worth up to £370m.
• Regeneration around the station will support 30,000 jobs, up to 3,000 new homes and 70,000m2 of commercial space.

Thomson Environmental Consultants has boosted its workforce and opened brand new offices in the Midlands thanks to the work it has won supporting the delivery of Britain’s new railway, HS2.