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Natalie Smith from Redditch is quite literally laying the foundations for HS2’s arrival.

• The 1,600 tonne tunnel boring machine has started digging the second bore of HS2’s Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham
• 10 apprentices have secured exciting jobs working on the 24/7 tunnelling operation
• Local school pupils have named the TBM ‘Elizabeth’ after Dame Elizabeth Cadbury
• View and download photos

• 646 freight trains deliver a million tonnes of construction materials to HS2’s Quainton railhead, near Aylesbury, over 16 months – taking the equivalent of more than 101,000 HGV journeys off local roads
• Download new photos of the train at the Buckinghamshire railhead

• Giant tunnelling machine – named ‘Florence’ – completes 10-mile drive under the Chilterns in 2 years and 9 months.
• Download images of the breakthrough at the North Portal, near South Heath, Buckinghamshire
• 3 million cubic metres of material excavated from the tunnels to be reused for ambitious chalk grassland restoration project.

• 1,700 tonne machine begins 3.4mile dig under the capital
• New video shows how the TBM was constructed below ground at HS2's Victoria Road site in West London: https://youtu.be/Ge0qaxsnE-Q?si=Dp6aJVG8pTd4lNH5

• HS2 gains planning consent for Infrastructure Maintenance Depot set to create 300 jobs in Buckinghamshire.
• Download images of the Infrastructure Maintenance Depot