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HS2 Ltd is putting the finishing touches to a huge package of work that will eventually allow for the physical operation of the new high-speed railway between London and the West Midlands.
In 2024, we’ll let around £5 billion-worth of contracts to oversee building of the tracks, power, signalling, overhead lines and the railway’s new network control centre. They will be constructed to the highest standards to help create a new benchmark for speed and punctuality, ensuring passengers can rely on the service, even in the face of extreme weather.
Contracts will also cover a new telecom system that will allow travellers to experience uninterrupted phones calls and streaming along the entire route, including in tunnels.
The move marks a crucial turning point for the project, starting to bring the working railway to life, seven years after parliament officially gave HS2 the go-ahead.
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00:00 Introduction
01:02 Old Oak Common
01:50 Victoria Road Crossover Box
02:18 Northolt Tunnel
02:55 Colne Valley Viaduct
03:55 Chiltern Tunnel
05:06 Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
05:45: Chipping Warden and Greatworth Green Tunnels
06:34 Earthworks
07:16 Long Itchington Wood Tunnel to Interchange
08:20 Interchange area
08:54 Delta Junction
09:27 Bromford Tunnel
09:52 Birmingham Approaches
10:20 Closing Comments
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
This video was supposed to be 20 minutes long but had to be cut short.
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This project had so much potential, alas maybe one day
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The start of this update felt a little bit embarrassing, at no fault of those involved but sorely that of the UK Governments for cutting this project down even further.
Though, I am still continually amazed at the engineering behind this!
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Our government is so short-sighted. Phase 2 should not have been scrapped. Levelling up has fallen at the first hurdle. Phase 1 is going to be amazing but without Phase 2 it's never going to be a game chamber.
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Well done to the project managers putting a brave face on the withdrawal of government support north of Birmingham which destroys much of the business case and future benefits.
Consider how many miles of high speed rail has we in France Germany Spain Italy etc. have built in the last 40 years.
A major UK infrastructure project destroyed by lack of government foresight and drive and nimbyism forcing it undergound at huge expense.
Shame on UK, so much for “taking back control”, Britain really is becoming a backwater.
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I'm always split when I watch these videos: Admiration for what the engineers and constructors are doing - I don't doubt this will be one of the most advanced, environmentally friendly (as far as it can be) railways on the planet. But frustration with the mismanagement as well as "over-engineering" involved. The length of bored tunnels alone being absolutely ridiculous given the tameness of the terrain. And means we end up with this small section of what should have been a much more extensive project.
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The only way a completed high speed rail link would have got built down the legth of this country is if they started it in Scotland as the politicians would have never had dreamed of canceling it before the london leg was complete
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It's quite an impressive feat of construction. Sadly to my way of thinking it misses the point. Surely it should link with HS 1 so the whole of the rail network links seemlessly with the greater high speed network across the European continent. 🤔🤓
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Why does hs2 have to be hidden with expensive tunnels, yet noisy polluting motorways are open to view?
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Every single project ever has gone over budget. That is NOT why they cancelled the northern part, they have the money but they just don’t want to spend it
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The right time to start building our HS rail network was back around the 1980s (See France/TGV). But here in the UK we just couldn't be bothered.
Decades of opportunities have been lost by not having a properly 'joined up' country. Imagine if by around 2000, there was already an HS rail network joining up London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff, Truro etc. all built by buying up land cheaper and when the building costs were so much lower. Imagine how much more connected those all over the UK would feel as part of such a network.
I think the work being shown here looks amazing. But it's to Britain's absolute shame that the rest of HS2 has just been scrapped by a desperate (and very temporary) petulant Prime Minister looking for a cheap conference week 'win'.
Great job engineers and construction workers.
Shame that we have a myopic Government with no vision beyond their next election.
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As a kid growing up in the 70s, I saw a lot of motorway construction across the country... I thought it was amazing, and it always fascinated me. Watching HS2 progress stirs similar emotion, absolutely awesome what can be done, and these videos (for want of a better term) will be a lasting reminder of how HS2 was achieved. Imagine being able to watch similar videos of motorway construction of the likes of M6, M1, etc. I know there has been, and still will be, more money thrown at this, but why shouldn't the UK have a modern high-speed rail link...there seems to be plenty of them throughout Europe and the wider world. Fingers crossed that the real benefits will be felt so that this can be extended further north so that it could truly benefit the WHOLE of the UK. All the best to the teams creating this. You are truly amazing, and what satisfaction you will have when you are much older, letting your grandkids know 'You did this'. 👏
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Good video and excellent work. HS2 is expensive so so many have demanded the line is hidden and unobtrusive, especially through many an mp's constituency. Building this in the manner of a motorway like the M40 say, 35 years ago, then it would've been much cheaper to just blast through the countryside. What is disappointing is the government attitude of the last 2-3 years that have cut away the edges to save a few percent cost that results in big cuts to the function and usefulness of HS2. Euston, and the Manchester link of note. The plans for the eastern branch and linking better to Scotland also.
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In 1830, a new company (London and Birmingham Railway) was formed to oversee construction of a new railway line linking Euston station to Birmingham Curzon Street station. Construction began in 1833. Of course at that time, there were no tunnel boring machines, cranes, excavators, or bulldozers, not even any hand power tools. And yet just 5 years later, the line was fully built and a commercial service was running. Just something to reflect on.
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When they created Permona station, on the Manchester Metrolink network, They made the viaduct in a way so they could one day make the route to The Trafford Centre.
I wonder if they would do that with the Birmingham end of HS2 and put a bit of bedding just outside of Birmingham so a future junction would be made.
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Nice to see a decent length update rather than the usual quick ones! Well done all, and Happy New Year!
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Starting at Old Oak Common is such a crazy idea. Who in their right mind would want to use the tube, then the Elizabeth Line to get to OOC, when they could go to Euston?? And what about the existing users of the Elizabeth Line?? Crazy.
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I know people working on HS2 and I’m amazed at the levels of gold plating reached by HS2 Ltd.
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This is a fantastic engineering achievement - so many components working up in parallel. The sheer scale of this work is very evident. I think it is something to be proud of. It is infrastructure for future generations, and they will thank us. Just like we thank the Victorians for all their foundational work.
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@phild5322
3 months ago
The project should renamed HS0.2 seeing as they’re only doing about 20% of the what was originally planned
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