High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, established in 2009 and headquartered in London, UK, is the company responsible for developing and promoting the UK's new high-speed rail network. HS2 aims to connect major cities across Britain, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds, reducing travel times and increasing rail capacity. The project focuses on sustainability, aiming to deliver low-carbon travel options and support economic growth. HS2 represents one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe, with a commitment to enhancing connectivity and supporting the UK's transition to a net-zero carbon economy.
HS2 this week launched ‘Cecilia’ - the second of two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines that will excavate the ten mile long tunnels beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London.
In an innovative world-first, virtual reality, eye-tracking and emotion-sensing technology is being developed in combination and being used to develop how passengers will navigate their way around the new HS2 station at Old Oak Common.
Entrepreneurs and innovative new uses of data and digital technology sought to cut carbon on the project and help increase construction site safety and security.
Just days after the historic launch of its first giant tunnelling machine ‘Florence’, HS2’s construction partner Align JV has announced today that it is recruiting nine new apprentices to play a part in the monumental programme of work to dig the 10 mile twin bore tunnels under the Chilterns.
HS2 launches ‘Florence’ – the first of 10 HS2 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will dig 64 miles of tunnel on Phase One of the UK’s new high speed railway.
HS2 is linking with Digital Catapult, the UK’s leading advanced digital technology innovation centre, to identify and secure the potential offered by emerging technologies such as 5G and machine learning.
HS2 has revealed revised designs of the railway in the Canley Brook area near Kenilworth in Warwickshire which will significantly reduce environmental impacts and avoid a major realignment of a local river, preserving the home of protected wildlife such as otters and bats.