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More than 4,500 people who were out of work have started jobs helping to build Britain’s new high-speed railway, latest figures show.

• Impressive weekend operation marks the completion of four ‘pushes’ to move two parallel viaducts into place over the M42/M6 link roads
• The fourth ‘push’ saw the 1,100 tonne West Link Viaduct in North Warwickshire moved in just 11 hours next to the parallel East Link Viaduct
• View and download aerial photos and map of the Delta Junction

• Installation of final deck segment sees HS2 viaduct break 137-year old record
• Work on the 2.1-mile long deck of Colne Valley Viaduct started in May 2022
• 1,000 pre-cast segments made at purpose-built factory on-site  

• View and embed a new video explaining how the Highfurlong Brook Viaduct, near Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, was built.
• Download the latest images of the 163m long viaduct.

• PACADAR UK, based on the Isle of Grain, have completed the casting of almost 60,000 concrete tunnel ring segments for HS2
• They are being used to construct the Northolt Tunnel West which is almost 80% complete
• Segments transported from Kent to HS2’s site by rail, with each giant freight train negating the need for 56 lorries on the road

• HS2’s giant tunnelling machine is halfway through its journey to build the 3.5-mile Bromford Tunnel
• The 1,600 tonne machine called ‘Mary Ann’ has excavated and built 1.75 miles of tunnel between Water Orton and Washwood Heath in Birmingham
• View and download photos and YouTube video