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• Download images showing how the high-tech Rolling Stock Depot and Network Integrated Control Centre will look once complete, what the site looks like now, and recent drone footage of the site at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.

• Around a thousand permanent jobs expected to be created at the depot and land freed up for development around the edges of the 70-hectare brown-field site. Plus around 500 construction jobs during the build of the facility.
• Contract award comes as HS2 undergoes a comprehensive reset to ensure the project is delivered efficiently and to the lowest reasonable cost.

HS2 engineers are ready to start a major construction programme in Saltley, two miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, to facilitate the arrival of new high-speed rail services.

• All 34 cross passages for the Northolt Tunnel have been mined deep under London
• Watch a video showing the cross-passage construction

• The new bridge will form part of the national cycle network connecting Bristol, Gloucester, Stratford-upon-Avon and Rugby.
• Drone footage shows the bridge being installed – https://vimeo.com/1182911804/3212035eb1?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
• New images show the bridge’s striking design - https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/hkms4hw35wx94khz6v37rkv5

Engineers working on the West Midlands section of the HS2 network are getting ready to launch the second viaduct over the M6 near Chelmsley Wood.

• Link to images showing the west deck of the M6 South viaduct:https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/5w66fsq56ztr572nnntcbr
• Link to B-roll. Drone footage showing the structure ahead of its launch: https://vimeo.com/1176539111/11dd6b73db?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

   

   

• Two female train drivers marked the launch of TBM Karen - named after a UK rail industry pioneer
• The 1,624-tonne machine will travel 4.5 miles to build the second bore of the Euston tunnel
• Bringing HS2 into Euston is critical for the regeneration of the area, with the potential to contribute £41 billion to the UK economy