News

• Second tunnel boring machine (TBM), Cecilia, reaches northern portal of 10 mile high-speed rail tunnel under Chiltern Hills.
• Arrival marks completion of mammoth drive taking two years and nine months.
• 2,000 tonne Cecilia joins twin sister machine, Florence, following her arrival last month.
• Download high resolution images of the breakthrough.
• View and embed footage of the spectacular breakthrough moment.

• View and embed a new video showing engineers sliding the first part of the innovative ‘double-composite’ deck of the Westbury viaduct into position – one of five key viaducts to adopt the carbon-saving design.
• Download new images showing progress on site next to the River Great Ouse near Westbury, Buckinghamshire.

• Local people have voted on the appearance of the 425 metre long Balsall Common viaduct in the West Midlands
• A majority of 73% voted for polished concrete parapets, the preferred option put forward by HS2 designers
• Download CGIs of preferred design options here - https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/balsall-common-viaduct-designs 

University students who live, or study, in the Midlands are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) on an eight-week paid work placement this summer.

HS2 today revealed new images of the project’s largest ‘green bridge’, which will cross the high-speed railway near Brackley.