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Following its 5-mile drive underneath the capital, HS2 lifted Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ‘Sushila’ out of the ground at the Green Park Way site in Greenford, West London.

• Download new photos showing the site near Brackley, West Northants and the temporarily realigned A43

HS2 Ltd, the company delivering Britain’s new high speed railway, has today (05 March 2025) started the search for talented individuals to join its 2025 graduate programme.

• New research shows that the arrival of the new HS2 station at Old Oak Common will boost the local economy by £10 billion over a decade 

• The area around the station is described as “the capital’s new development hotspot” which is galvanising inward investment 

• Read the new report at www.hs2.org.uk/hs2-in-west-london.
  
  

• HS2 has unveiled the first twin-bore tunnel on the project to be completed at Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. 
• The development sees the completion of features such as cross passages, base slabs and walkways – ahead of the internal fit-out of railway systems which will allow high-speed trains to operate.
• View and embed new HS2 video: https://youtu.be/YO0PruzsAQY
• View and download photos: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-2/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-completion 

• Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, plans to recruit 20 new apprentices to work on the HS2 project
• The new trainees will form part of 2,000 apprenticeships due to be created by HS2 Ltd and its supply chain throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Download images of BBV apprentices working on board HS2: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery