HS2 is preparing to enter a critical new phase with the development of state-of-the-art rail systems that will allow passengers to enjoy some of the world’s most reliable intercity train services.
HS2 Ltd is putting the finishing touches to a huge package of work that will eventually allow for the physical operation of the new high-speed railway between London and the West Midlands.
In 2024, we’ll let around £5 billion-worth of contracts to oversee building of the tracks, power, signalling, overhead lines and the railway’s new network control centre. They will be constructed to the highest standards to help create a new benchmark for speed and punctuality, ensuring passengers can rely on the service, even in the face of extreme weather.
Contracts will also cover a new telecom system that will allow travellers to experience uninterrupted phones calls and streaming along the entire route, including in tunnels.
The move marks a crucial turning point for the project, starting to bring the working railway to life, seven years after parliament officially gave HS2 the go-ahead.
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00:00 Introduction
01:02 Old Oak Common
01:50 Victoria Road Crossover Box
02:18 Northolt Tunnel
02:55 Colne Valley Viaduct
03:55 Chiltern Tunnel
05:06 Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
05:45: Chipping Warden and Greatworth Green Tunnels
06:34 Earthworks
07:16 Long Itchington Wood Tunnel to Interchange
08:20 Interchange area
08:54 Delta Junction
09:27 Bromford Tunnel
09:52 Birmingham Approaches
10:20 Closing Comments
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The project should renamed HS0.2 seeing as they’re only doing about 20% of the what was originally planned
Gotta start somewhere - the West Coast main Line is at capacity (two upgrades 20-30 years ago, £GBP16billion spend, still stuffed south of Rugby) - sometimes we need to stop using 1840s railways designed to move coal at 40 MPH and invest in green capacity. The motorways will not be widened. Then on to HS0.4, HS0.6 and through to 2.1, 2.2 etc - I like your analogy.
lol good one.
You mean HS0.4? 😁
@@mikehindson-evans159 I agree with you, just playing devil's advocate here... If WCML is stuffed south of Rugby, isn't the issue solved with HS2, which is going to connect with WCML near Lichfield? There are still problems north of Crewe, obviously (WCML only double tracked through Mid-Cheshire, capacity reached on M'cr Airport line). If they'd just proposed this bit to Birmingham as the original HS2, it'd actually be a good thing.
@@goombacraftIn terms of capacity Phase 1 was for south of Rugby. Phase 2a was for North of crewe and connected lines with that and phase 2b was to aleviate capacity issues at Manchester and leeds. One cant exist without the other
This video was supposed to be 20 minutes long but had to be cut short.
This project had so much potential, alas maybe one day
A change of government, a change of focus.
From what I know, all of the land the government bought that would have been used on cancelled branches has been sold. I don't think HS2 is in a recoverable state despite how good it would be for our rail system :(
@@Egg.426it's a stupid vanity project, that has ripped off the tax payer
Keep the faith, it'll one day be completed
It’ll be finished when I’m 90
Our government is so short-sighted. Phase 2 should not have been scrapped. Levelling up has fallen at the first hurdle. Phase 1 is going to be amazing but without Phase 2 it's never going to be a game chamber.
No no, they sold off the land to shell companies that party members own, then they’ll buy the land back off them when prices are higher…
Are 'game chambers' amongst the things they're building along the phase II corridor, to prevent future governments from completing the project? There's a long list of blunders and atrocities the current series of UK governments will be remembered for, but the middle finger the current arseclown has given future generations, by actively making it more difficult and expensive to remedy his short-sightedness, is something northern Englanders will condemn for decades to come.
Election coming up and Rishi is worried so he's making these drastic idiot moves. Hopefully a future government will realise the massive benefits to having a high speed link between London and Manchester! I do think scrapping the link to Leeds was a good idea though.
So roughly £150bn costs when (if ever) finished for what exactly? 20 minutes off a train journey that 98% of the population will never make? The new Japanese maglev train with over 180 miles of track underground is costing a mere $55bn and is actually way ahead of the scheduled finish of 2027. So where is HS2 going wrong?
@@lolaminnitIt's an hour off of Manchester to London and anywhere north of there (Glasgow/Edinburgh). The 20 minutes saving between Birmingham and London was never the point of HS2, it was the connection across the rest of the country and the reduced delays caused by a less congested network in the south. It's 20 minutes on the timetable, but how many services are cancelled and delayed currently? I once spent 30 minutes waiting on a train a mile out of Euston waiting for a platform to free up, and then spent the next 5 squeezing through crowds.
The start of this update felt a little bit embarrassing, at no fault of those involved but sorely that of the UK Governments for cutting this project down even further. Though, I am still continually amazed at the engineering behind this!
There is still hope- if the project proves to have been worth it, it would seem like a no brainer to re-plan the Leeds and Manchester extensions- they might even extend it further North to Glasgow and Edinburgh (unlikely, but we can dream). The possibilities are endless!
@@commuterjackStarmer confirmed today that HS2 will not be extended.
@@ds1868 There is still a future beyond Starmer
@@lordgemini2376 lets hope we have a competent labour government for the next 20 years fixing the tory mess XD
@@ds1868 Imo HS2 to birmingham is fine for now, as long as SIMULTANEOUSLY significant connections are made between cities in the north, and honestly everywhere in the uk (ie reopen disused railways, You shouldnt need to go through london if you want to travel from cambridge to luton)
Well done to the project managers putting a brave face on the withdrawal of government support north of Birmingham which destroys much of the business case and future benefits. Consider how many miles of high speed rail has we in France Germany Spain Italy etc. have built in the last 40 years. A major UK infrastructure project destroyed by lack of government foresight and drive and nimbyism forcing it undergound at huge expense. Shame on UK, so much for “taking back control”, Britain really is becoming a backwater.
she talks as if NOTHING has happened.... maybe there is no email
Get rid of the WEF puppets
@@_peepyopeeYes and we also need to vote out LTN net zero councillors as well.
question is why we cost so much more than other countries to build the same infrastructure. If the cost was reasonable the government would not have cancelled it.
@@_peepyopee If building transit infrastructure that's already a staple in many major countries with good benefits to the public is treated as some grand conspiracy then maybe the UK never really deserved HS2.
I'm always split when I watch these videos: Admiration for what the engineers and constructors are doing - I don't doubt this will be one of the most advanced, environmentally friendly (as far as it can be) railways on the planet. But frustration with the mismanagement as well as "over-engineering" involved. The length of bored tunnels alone being absolutely ridiculous given the tameness of the terrain. And means we end up with this small section of what should have been a much more extensive project.
Blame the length of the tunnelling on the ECO mob who pressured HS2 into tunnelling rather than surface works. The Government should have simply said 'NO' and only tunnelled where necessary given its an electric railway. The cash saving would have saved Phase II.
It's almost like the project goes through the constituencies of many Tory MPs so they actually cared as they want to keep their votes. Why do you think the only places they ever looked to save money on were in areas that never voted Tory. For example refusing an underground Piccadilly station in the largely Labour voting city of Manchester. Short termism and corruption by those in government.
The great railway contractors such as Peto, Brassey and Betts would have been shocked at the interference of politicians and the greed of their minions drawing monstrous salaries. The people still left in this country who actually do the work are as good as they ever were but the 'generals' who direct and control them from 'the chateux behind the lines' are dinosaurs from a distant age and have no place here.
@@1chish Or they could have just upgraded the Chiltern Line for 3% of the cost of HS2.
The Chiltern line is already at capacity, with slow, fast, and freight trains. It will also require a lot of realignment and relaying of track for the speed to be increased to 225mph. Many other upgrades such as electrification, signalling and stations will mean it will end up cost more per the amount of economic benefit delivered
The only way a completed high speed rail link would have got built down the legth of this country is if they started it in Scotland as the politicians would have never had dreamed of canceling it before the london leg was complete
If it had started in Scotland it would never be where it is now with the whole route under construction.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 The real issue is this project should have started 20 years ago, and other upgrade ongoing projects happening at the same time, funded by private companies and a competent government keeping an eye on the money
Why does hs2 have to be hidden with expensive tunnels, yet noisy polluting motorways are open to view?
Yes, and motorways take up more land than a railway line . . .
@@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301they kinda do
... especially when you've already excavated a perfectly good cutting to put the tunnel casings into!!! No wonder the spiralling costs are so far over budget!
Good video and excellent work. HS2 is expensive so so many have demanded the line is hidden and unobtrusive, especially through many an mp's constituency. Building this in the manner of a motorway like the M40 say, 35 years ago, then it would've been much cheaper to just blast through the countryside. What is disappointing is the government attitude of the last 2-3 years that have cut away the edges to save a few percent cost that results in big cuts to the function and usefulness of HS2. Euston, and the Manchester link of note. The plans for the eastern branch and linking better to Scotland also.
They've not cut away at the edges, They've cancelled two thirds of the project, including the only phase of the project with a positive predicted cost to benefit ratio. Where left with the world's most expensive railway which is essentially an additional London commuter line. God bless levelling up.
Nearly £100 Billion spent to build a railway line that will get passengers from London to Birmingham slower than the existing Euston to Birmingham New Street trains. What a huge waste of money.
@@philarthur2777 The problem is that the polititions are not letting the engineers do their work
Gary John Walker, the difference is that spending money on new roads is a worthwhile investment bringing economic benefits at all at a fraction of the cost of a new railway. There has never been a HS railway project where the passenger numbers forecast matched reality on completion whilst roads like the M40 and M25 quickly reached and exceeded traffic forecasts. There never was a valid business case for HS2 and that is even more apparent now, so why hasn't HS2 been cancelled and given a decent burial? HS2 is cutting through 100 miles of England with no stops on the way so is precisely of no benefit to anyone on the route who has to bear the cost and disruption caused with no offsetting benefit on completion. Compare that to the benefits the M40 brought on completion to all those on route given faster road links than those that existed before!
It's quite an impressive feat of construction. Sadly to my way of thinking it misses the point. Surely it should link with HS 1 so the whole of the rail network links seemlessly with the greater high speed network across the European continent. 🤔🤓
Nice to see a decent length update rather than the usual quick ones! Well done all, and Happy New Year!
Yeah the length was great and felt like much more could be explained. The previous ones felt like a quick stop in to go over a couple bullet points to keep us happy
As a kid growing up in the 70s, I saw a lot of motorway construction across the country... I thought it was amazing, and it always fascinated me. Watching HS2 progress stirs similar emotion, absolutely awesome what can be done, and these videos (for want of a better term) will be a lasting reminder of how HS2 was achieved. Imagine being able to watch similar videos of motorway construction of the likes of M6, M1, etc. I know there has been, and still will be, more money thrown at this, but why shouldn't the UK have a modern high-speed rail link...there seems to be plenty of them throughout Europe and the wider world. Fingers crossed that the real benefits will be felt so that this can be extended further north so that it could truly benefit the WHOLE of the UK. All the best to the teams creating this. You are truly amazing, and what satisfaction you will have when you are much older, letting your grandkids know 'You did this'. 👏
Yes, and ultimately HS2 will impact the environment far less than a six lane motorway - it will use less land and produce less pollution . . .
Environmental destruction for the sake of importing people from the rest of the world is not a great achievement.
@@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301 Actually, I'd argue that HS2 might affect the environment more than a six lane motorway. Just, HS2 would impact it positively, whereas a motorway would impact it negatively. Because HS2 will induce demand onto the railways, and move the express trains off the conventional rail network, thus allowing as much as a trebling of capacity in places, which if those new trains run even half as full as our trains are currently running, would represent massive modal shift, and massive cuts to our carbon emissions... And then if appropriate works are carried out on the WCML north of Manchester, so trains can get from London to Scotland in less than 3hrs, you'll get a whole new round of modal shift, this time from planes, which even if the absolute number of passengers is smaller, will represent an even greater cut to our carbon emissions than that from cars.
HS2 Isn't modern. Its obsolete. Modern would be MagLev or something like a vacuum tube. A carriage on rails is 1800's tech
@@thetruth6417 just because it seems futuristic dosnt mean that its good, Maglev and vaccuum tubes are very expensive and not cost effective and have much more points of failure and are generaly much more dangerous
When they created Permona station, on the Manchester Metrolink network, They made the viaduct in a way so they could one day make the route to The Trafford Centre. I wonder if they would do that with the Birmingham end of HS2 and put a bit of bedding just outside of Birmingham so a future junction would be made.
They already sold all of the land that they compulsorily purchased to make extending it impossible
The tories have already sold off all the land making extending the line further north incredibly difficult and even more expensive
@@noahbowie5985 There is always some twxt who gets permission to build a mansion just in the only feasible spot the line could negotiate.
@@calvinimray423 Even half a century ago in my uni studies I knew the difference between the economy of scale of a network and what (this has now become) a mere link. I was thinking that the Tories, stuck in the mindset of the 1960s and pandering to the road lobby would turn all the rest into a monster motorway, at limitless cost.
Pomona*
The right time to start building our HS rail network was back around the 1980s (See France/TGV). But here in the UK we just couldn't be bothered. Decades of opportunities have been lost by not having a properly 'joined up' country. Imagine if by around 2000, there was already an HS rail network joining up London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff, Truro etc. all built by buying up land cheaper and when the building costs were so much lower. Imagine how much more connected those all over the UK would feel as part of such a network. I think the work being shown here looks amazing. But it's to Britain's absolute shame that the rest of HS2 has just been scrapped by a desperate (and very temporary) petulant Prime Minister looking for a cheap conference week 'win'. Great job engineers and construction workers. Shame that we have a myopic Government with no vision beyond their next election.
Yes sounds about right and the last government back in the 60's spent the decade recking the railway for the shack of motorways rather than expanding the network.
instead britain wasted so much on the silly concorde
In 1830, a new company (London and Birmingham Railway) was formed to oversee construction of a new railway line linking Euston station to Birmingham Curzon Street station. Construction began in 1833. Of course at that time, there were no tunnel boring machines, cranes, excavators, or bulldozers, not even any hand power tools. And yet just 5 years later, the line was fully built and a commercial service was running. Just something to reflect on.
Also no safety regulations, environmental concerns, significant bureaucratic interference, or labour shortages, so there's that.
Also apart from the cast iron girder under bridges the last one of which was replaced in the 1980's, most of that infrastructure is still in use. I wonder how much of HS2's infrastructure will still be in use in 180 years time?
Every single project ever has gone over budget. That is NOT why they cancelled the northern part, they have the money but they just don’t want to spend it
Thanks for another informative update and confirmation of just how much work is being delivered to increase this country's railway network capacity. When the book is written and the "Lessons Learned" sessions are run, this will - I am sure - provide the model for future large-scale infrastructure projects around the works. We have adopted "green tunnels (aka "cut&cover") from the French - and the Colne Valley viaduct construction gantry started its life building a railway in China. The no-doubt temporary interruption to the greater build will, once this new railway line is operational, need to be reversed. Kudos to the project build teams involved and - for a British project with multinational teams involved, it is reassuring to hear a British voice explaining the progress and future directions.
I know people working on HS2 and I’m amazed at the levels of gold plating reached by HS2 Ltd.
Great update, I’m living in the middle of the construction and I’m so impressed with it, can’t wait to pop to London for the day.
Thanks for the great and thorough video update, it was enjoyable to see some positive news for a change.
Starting at Old Oak Common is such a crazy idea. Who in their right mind would want to use the tube, then the Elizabeth Line to get to OOC, when they could go to Euston?? And what about the existing users of the Elizabeth Line?? Crazy.
?? You would just go to OOC the same way you'd go to Euston. What is this stupid comment? Euston isn't even central for anyone who isn't north of the river.
But the Government has now changed it's mind and HS2 is now going to London Euston
@@peterwilliamallen1063 no no no, they are going to Waterloo. Remember that nice old Eurostar shed? 🙄🙄
@@jonathanchester5916 So how does a West Coast Hi Speed line to Birmingham and the North go to Waterloo where there are no overhead power lines at 25000vollts AC, Waterloo is a 3rd rail line operating at 750v DC
Incredible amount of work.
Wow, such an epic project. This video really shows just how much work is taking place.
So happy that people in Birmingham can get to London really fast now
HS2 looks great! Looking forward to riding it soon. Too bad the other segment was abandoned for the near term.
Correction - HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century. You WON'T be "riding it soon" as the London-Birmingham route won't be operational until at least 2033 & even that date is optimistic AND you'll have to remortgage your house to afford a ticket on this elitist White Elephant. Oh, one more thing .. the "other segment" (assuming you mean the Birmingham to Manchester line) has been scrapped for good .. not "near term" 😉
the more i hear about hs2 the more mad i'm getting ESPECIALLY SINCE THE TORIES ARE SELLING THE LAND OFF FOR PHASE 2 and to hear the first journey will START at old oak common makes me even more mad (idc if it will "eventually reach euston" it should just start at euston from the FIRST SERVICE) bc really who's going to actually be willing to go old oak common on the first service? (other than railway enthusiasts but they don't count)
Sunak will be in the USA , he doesn’t care about levelling up , useless.
Same here, Everyday i hear the politions and nimbys brigade moaning about the cost and it the nimbys brigade who demanded the tunnels under the chilterns hills in the first place, i would walk up to westminister and give these idiots the piece of my mind.
It's a fraud on a massive scale using public money. People should be behind bars. With Truss. Who blew the entire HS2 budget in one catastrophic stroke.
Selling the land was just political spite. The Torys would never let Labour complete the project.
That was a really good update and I appreciated the use of miles as it made it easier to picture the distances discussed. Lets hope the land that has been purchased for the next phase isn't sold and one day the phases to Crewe and Manchester will be built as well as the connection to Euston.
Australia needs this between Sydney and Melborne via Camberr. They're literally in a straight line
congrats on our brave engineers doing amazing work!😊
Never has so much money been burnt for so little benefit
Awesome work HS2! Keep it up!
This is a fantastic engineering achievement - so many components working up in parallel. The sheer scale of this work is very evident. I think it is something to be proud of. It is infrastructure for future generations, and they will thank us. Just like we thank the Victorians for all their foundational work.
Except future generations won't thank us as our unelected prime minister chose to cut back and focus on the short term. Meaning future generations will be saddled with the burden of having to finish what we promised over a decade ago.
@@noahbowie5985 this is one massive ripoff of tax payers money, it should never have been started it's a useless vanity project
Nothing said about the problematic tree people still making life difficult in the Chilterns, the persistent flocks of gulls at Twyford, nor the method of solving the environmental problem of the watercourse that was cut through at the north end of Greatworth Tunnel, or any information about the deepest cutting on the route at Culworth. Continuing silence concerning progress through dodgy ground at Wormleighton, the difficult crossing of the River Itchen at Southam; and the tricky railway crossing at Balsall Common
Greetings from California USA.. I learned about the UK high speed rail, California has one being built with very same problems.. I hope these projects get reform to get them completed and without overspending..
So OOC to Euston is definitely happening? Last I heard, it seemed uncertain and needed private investment.
it currently needs private investment- whether that remains the case after the next general election remains to be seen
I think it was always going to happen. Its just how it gets built, what gets built and who pays for it that is the big question. The whole of Euston station needs to be rebuilt, not just the HS2 part, so that is an extra very expensive complication.
@@Pesmog Wot? There is a YUGE building site at Euston. Well, huge hole in the ground anyway. Euston needs rebuilding - it's absolutely bloody awful.
Oh, it will happen. HS2 will pay a hefty fee for every train between Euston and OOC. The tories and their mates will have shares in the tunnel co., so they will ensure it happens, as it means serious money into their private pockets.
Incredible progress!
This is a fantastic project state of art and eco friendly. It may cost more to do it right but it’s worth it. The engineers working on this are amazing I hope to see it completed soon. Great video
Eco friendly? Have you any idea how much carbon dioxide is created when making concrete?
@@garfstiglz3981 What this life of science?? How do you build things without concrete. this isn't a Hornsby train set you put up in 5 minutes
@@garfstiglz3981 and do you know how much CO2 is created with flights and congested motorways?
@@CreatorPolar Yes. Both are terrible! This project is not eco-friendly at all
Living close by to HS1 and living through the turmoil of its construction, all I can say is thank God it was built. It has transformed our journey time to London into a short trip. I am so sorry that our friends further up country will not benefit from HS2 as was planned. If the complete system was build as originally planned Manchester and Leeds would benefit in my opinion and even maybe Scotland if it could be extended. But alas it won't be, the British disease of under estimating or projects coming in so over budget that they get dropped has scuppered what could have been a game changer. It is such a shame. Thank you for this video though, having an interest in engineering I found it fascinating and just shows what we as a country could do if the budget was kept under control.
Amazing how you’ve managed to switch between imperial and metric measurements, sometimes in the same sentence. Just amazing.
Why are the trains keeping right in all these renderings? In my experience in the UK, as well as in France, Belgium and other states, trains mostly keep left, including on HS1. Were the renderings done by a US or Chinese company or something, or will HS2 trains run contrary to other rail infrastructure?
Excellent update. My gracious thanks. Galliel.
Great update, many thanks - please keep up the good work. More ambitious infrastructure is what the UK needs and deserves.
This whole thing is just so cool
Due to continued efforts to scale back costs, can we expect to see the grand Old Oak Common terminus to be replaced with a sinple bus shelter style arrangement?
Did they put in the 3rd pipe for the 2nd toilet at Old Oak common? I got's to know.
As a regular commuter between Crewe and London, I look forward to changing at Birmingham and arriving at Old Oak Common, then changing to Euston to get to my office, well done team. I also like that the tunnelling machines are named after girls I have dated, shame you missed off Frank and Colin.
Great renders :D
HS2 looks great! Look forward to riding it in 2075
Love this protect for its engineers, I hope one day it passes through to the North and beyond to Scotland, connect this divided country
Thank you rishie
Amazing achievements by United Kingdom. God bless Britain.
Really enjoyed watching 😊
You know what would be great, if this came all the way to Manchester
Great to see the sheer scale of progress and engineering on HS2 continuing - unlike the shortsighted cabinet squatting in No.10 terrified of the public, this will last for many more decades to come.
What were the loud explosions coming from the M42 area during the night 18/19 Jan
good update, thankyou.
I really think this is fascinating, and the techniques are amazing and it's great to see it in practice but the idea of HS2 is to connect the north to London, so why not start with the northern leg and not the southern leg which already has ample services from Birmingham to London, and now the northern leg is not going to be completed and so the project is almost pointless.
And those ample services from Birmingham to London will transfer to the HS2 line when it opens, so no it is not pointless
Love the update but can we get more trees along the line
"This is how much of your tax money we have spunked away this month..." There fixed the title for you...
You've got to admire the engineering effort that is going into this development but why it only goes to west London and not connect to the centre of the city destroys the advantage over the existing infrastructure
Great video! Please can you quote all distances and speeds using metric units. Thanks!
It's still a fantastic build....
Scrapping the second phase is pretty near criminal! 100b down the drain
So when it launches you can get a 20 minute train to oak common. To get on hs2 to go to Birmingham in 30-40 minutes. Or… get a train from London direct via the normal service in 1 hr. Huge time saved!
It's 84 minutes (from Euston to New Street) but your point about the total journey times is completely valid. I tried to stress the importance of this issue to the HS2 big-wigs, at the initial consultation roadshow. However, it seemed to be something that they didn't think had any bearing on the success of the project. For me, it'll still be quicker to catch a fast train from Tamworth (~ 1hr) than go via Old Oak Common and London connections.
This project meant to be connecting The North and The South... it's really a shame that North is always left behind... even after numerous promises...
This video highlights the high costs of UK infrastructure projects, particularly when compared to similar projects in countries like China. It would be interesting to see the extent of additional tunnelling compared to the original HS2 plan.
The costs are comparable with China. When the Chinese publish the cost of their HS railways they only publish the cost of the track and the trains. Same thing in Europe where they only publish some of the cost like the track and the stations. We publish everything.
Would be nice if HS2 has a connecting line toward HS1, so that international trains can perhaps run services from mainland Europe to Birmingham (not sure else where due to fears of overcrowding on existing lines), especially seeing as Eurostar is rumoured to finally having some competition as two companies are looking to operate in the channel tunnel. Imagine: Paris Birmingham Brussels Birmingham Maybe even sleeper services from other key European cities…
Let's hope the fares won't be too expensive. HS2 was always about increasing rail capacity between London & Birmingham, and not only about speed. It's a shame the railway has been so over engineered, this has pushed up the cost. I hope there will be good sense and a link installed to HS1 and onto France and also improvements northwards for Manchester. However, HS3 pushing up travel speeds and down travel time Hull - Leeds - Manchester - Liverpool should be given more priority.
It’s expensive and could have extended to more locations but what a stunning amount of advanced engineering.
When’s it coming to Sheffield? Or doesn’t the north count?
Congratulations everyone involved,this is an incredible project, amazing engineering,if this doesn't make any youngsters wanting to become involved in engineering I don't know what will👍👌😀
Some people hate this but you can’t deny, this project is very very very impressive
per wiki, HS2 is only a small 230km high-speed railway project. Why does it sound a huge one?
Any idea the type of signalling will be used?
More than likely ECTS or ERTMS Level 3.
5:53 wonder what Tory donors owns a house by here? The most pointless tunnel of them all
They used to be 'a covered way' so that the landowner would not be disturbed by the sight of people travelling through.
The building costs are going to skyrocket even further, as the UK's 'primary steel'-making steelworks are practically being shut down despite 'promises' by the UK Government. So even if they get as far as they have, where's the materials for the line going to come from(?) (Rhetorical question)
This may sound odd but why not build the tunnels and underpasses so low, if we wanted to at a later date due to demand possibly add twin deck trains than just single deck doubling up , it wouldn’t require-platform changes yet a;low say football days and possibly airport links to increase capacity
What year will it open I can’t wait to ride on it?
"into the heart of the west midlands and further north", the northen route was scrapped love.
Wishing this project innovative development makes a future Manchester and further north lees costly. In our congested country, no wonder the billions cost was so high. Hopefully the finished project spurs on the youth of the future to aim higher.
This is a huge and ionic infrastructure rail project. I'll keep the browser the update project in due course. Good Job and well done. I hope I can be become a member of the HS2 team
So will the track rails be bolted straight to the tunnel linings to save concrete and waste of money
The force of the trains acting directly on the tunnel linings would probably destroy the tunnel lining resulting in a tunnel collapse.
@@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg well if that were the case why didnt my government put a concrete floor in our train tunnels even thouh we are running a 3'6 gauge track
The tunnel linings are about 150 mm thick and only designed to act as a lining to the tunnel. The track is bolted to a concrete plinth.
I hope it all works out well for us all. 2024
HS2 is like the NHS...over budget and delays etc.
I thought the original requirement was for trains to run at “250mph” or am I mistaken?
Amazing
Must be really satisfying to work on a project like this.
Building London Terminus at Old Oak Common is like constructing an airport in my neighbour's window plant box. I can only hope somehow the transport infrastructure is right for the plot?
How much has it cost the government to cancel the construction contracts that were in place on the Birmingham to Manchester link that has been scrapped?
Should of started up north and worked its way done not the other way round. Still whats being finished will make a nice new bit of line
what progress?
By the time the gov has finished we'll have paid £60 billion for a railway siding.
Cant afford a train ticket now definitely wont be able for this , i guess i wait for youtube to see it .
Good update,excellent video socialisation of project(s) ! Well done all at HS2 I always follow progress,though I live in Indonesia. 🙂👍
I just hope I am still alive to see the first trains running on this line and will be able to see what the final cost will be.
We can all hope and pray that Labour finish this as originally planned and open up the North
So what happens with unfinished Euston?
It gets finnished.
Seen a few of the HS2 sites from above on DJE Media.
what happens to Euston station then if old oak common is taking the big responsibility? HS1 only had one station st pancras as its london terminal while the stratford international was left very much un-international ----why the HS2 will have 2 london terminals then
Cost savings and a more resilient network. Stratford and Old Oak Common serve the same purpose on their respective lines. a Backup inner city termini that connect you to various methods of city transport should it be needed. At the minute Old Oak Common will be the main termini for HS2 trains until the government coughs up the money to build the extension into Euston. I hope this answers your question. :) (Stratford gained the Suffix "International", as when the station was being built Eurostar services were originally planned to stop at the station, but due to the lack of space for "Airport" Security, the unwillingness to pay for border staff to staff the station at all times for the few trains per day, and the time savings of not having to stop at the station meant that Eurostar trains just never really stopped there except for during engineering works and Big sporting events like the 2012 Stratford Olympics.)