News

• HS2 launches apprentice and graduate recruitment campaign during National Apprenticeship Week 2026 with 50 new jobs
• 34 apprenticeships and 16 graduate roles now open for applications
• The new cohort of trainees will join HS2 Ltd and its construction partners

• Build time reduced from 20 months to 12 months

• The first of two tunnel boring machines building the HS2 route to Euston has begun its 4.5-mile journey from Old Oak Common
• Bringing HS2 into Euston is critical for the regeneration of the area, with the potential to contribute £41 billion to the UK economy
• The Euston Tunnel is the fifth and final deep twin-bore tunnel on the 140-mile HS2 route between central London and Birmingham

Construction works on HS2’s longest tunnel have been completed – marking an important civil engineering milestone for the new high-speed railway.  

• Two significant employment milestones reached
• Over 2,000 people have secured an apprenticeship and over 5,000 unemployed have progressed into jobs
• Skills investment will inject £315 million into the UK economy
• Mohammed Sharif from Birmingham is the 2,000th apprentice to join the project

• View and embed new timelapse footage of HS2 engineers completing the spans over the existing railway near Water Orton in Warwickshire over the Christmas break.
• Download new images showing progress over Christmas and images of what the viaducts will look like once complete.