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• Technology up to 10 times more cost-effective than reactive repairs
• HS2 site is test bed for new tech that could be used across UK’s rail and road networks

HS2 Ltd, the company designing and delivering Britain’s brand-new high-speed railway, is encouraging communities in Crewe to take part in its latest public information event to find out more about plans for HS2’s arrival.

• Today [Thursday 2 September] marks the start of a unique project to transform the Grade 1 listed Old Curzon Street Station building in Birmingham.
• Midlands contractor KN Circet is leading a team of local restoration specialists on the 12-month project
• Images and drone footage of the building: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/stations-and-depots-a-sneak-peek-into-a-brighter-design-for-the-uk-of-the-future/curzon-street-station/old-curzon-street-station

• Images of the proposed Adelaide Road vent shaft and headhouse design available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction-our-progress-along-the-line-of-route/greater-london-area-south-2/adelaide-road-headhouse-and-vent-shaft
• Local residents invited to virtual and in-person information events starting on 9^th September

• L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, working with Skanska Costain STRABAG for HS2 have lent materials to ensure the restoration project can go ahead

HS2 has revealed the first images of the latest of its ‘barn design’ rural headhouses which will provide emergency access to the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnel.