News

• Major construction milestone as HS2 completes the first section of the 3.5-mile Bromford Tunnel linking Warwickshire and Birmingham
• Tunnel boring machine, Mary Ann, travelled under the region’s motorway network, watercourses and key National Grid infrastructure without disruption
• Specialist tunnelling teams spent 652 days and nights working underground to complete the mission
• Photographs capture the breakthrough moment https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/mary-ann-breakthrough-may-2025
• Striking new images show the team at work underground https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/bromford-tunnelling-heroes 

• HS2 is days away from completing the first section of the Bromford Tunnel linking North Warwickshire and the West Midlands
• Tunnel boring machine, Mary Ann, has navigated under motorways, watercourses and the region’s major power supply network without disruption
• A new generation of tunnellers is born, as apprentices, graduates and formerly unemployed local residents learn from the very best in the industry
• Striking new images show the team deep beneath the ground as they carry out their complex mission

Two standout HS2 apprentices from Ealing have proven that hard work really does pay off, as they will now reap the benefits of a free university education and a four-year extension to their employment contracts.

• The A46 Kenilworth Bypass reopened to traffic at midnight last night – 30 hours ahead of schedule. Download new images showing the road open to traffic this morning.
• The 18-day closure was to allow HS2 engineers to slide a massive 14,500-tonne box structure into place which will carry high speed trains under the road. View and embed timelapse footage of the slide.
• In order to avoid two years of lane closures and speed restrictions, the huge concrete box was built in advance on land next to the road and slid into position during a continuous closure provided by National Highways.

• Training milestone achieved for HS2’s West Midlands construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI, with 500 apprentices now on board
• Trainee formworker Kordell Carty, from Aston, is the 500^th BBV apprentice to play a part in delivering the West Midlands section of the HS2 route
• 2,000 apprenticeships are set to be created across HS2 Ltd and its supply chain over the lifecycle of the project

• Portal extensions' appearance on HS2 is first for British railway network