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HS2 Ltd, the company delivering Britain’s new high speed railway, has today (05 March 2025) started the search for talented individuals to join its 2025 graduate programme.

• New research shows that the arrival of the new HS2 station at Old Oak Common will boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade 

• The area around the station is described as “the capital’s new development hotspot” which is galvanising inward investment 

• Read the new report at www.hs2.org.uk/hs2-in-west-london.
  
  

• HS2 has unveiled the first twin-bore tunnel on the project to be completed at Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. 
• The development sees the completion of features such as cross passages, base slabs and walkways – ahead of the internal fit-out of railway systems which will allow high-speed trains to operate.
• View and embed new HS2 video: https://youtu.be/YO0PruzsAQY
• View and download photos: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-2/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-completion 

• Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, plans to recruit 20 new apprentices to work on the HS2 project
• The new trainees will form part of 2,000 apprenticeships due to be created by HS2 Ltd and its supply chain throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Download images of BBV apprentices working on board HS2: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery

• Major construction progress on HS2’s most complex section of viaducts at Delta Junction
• New footage shows the completion of the River Tame West single-track viaduct using a UK-first cantilever technique
• Download photos: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/delta-junction/river-tame-viaduct/river-tame-west-single-track-viaduct-completion
• View and embed progress video: HS2 reveals first completed viaduct at Delta Junction

• HS2 begins the search for 40 new apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week 2025
• The new cohort of trainees will form part of 2,000 apprenticeships set to be created by HS2 Ltd and its supply chain throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Download images of current HS2 apprentices Ellie Kent and Adil Ali: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery