HS2 Ltd

500 students have completed training at EKFB's Bicester Skills Centre, a fantastic milestone for the project ✅.

Our CEO, Mark Wild, joined the team at the centre to celebrate this achievement and recognise the important role it's playing in developing the skills, knowledge and experience needed to deliver HS2.

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New Video 🎥👇.

Watch the moment tunnelling teams break through into the HS2 Old Oak Common station box in west London.

The breakthrough into the station box used a process not previously employed on HS2. The tunnel’s dividing wall was cut into blocks and pushed out, Jenga-style, from the station side back into the completed tunnel behind.

Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=TqjuWh…

This week we'd like to share these photos of Rail Minister Lord Peter Hendy's visit to the new HS2 super hub station following the latest tunnel breakthrough 📷.

A total of 100,000 tonnes of material was excavated to create this tunnel, roughly the weight of 14,000 double-decker London buses ✅.

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In case you missed it, our latest project update video is live 🎥.

In this video, our Chief Executive, Mark Wild, explains how better preparation, clearer plans and revised contract incentives are helping our teams work productively, control spending and build safely.

You'll also see tunnelling towards Euston, the completed high-speed platforms at Old Oak Common, viaduct and bridge works in the West Midlands, and how we're preparing to install, test and commission the railway systems.

Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=CTe-e7…

Tunnel mining teams have broken through into our #OldOakCommon station box – another important milestone for the project ✅.

A total of 100,000 tonnes of material has been excavated, roughly the weight of 14,000 double-decker #London buses 🚌. This completes the first of two 360-metre tunnels connecting the station to the Victoria Road crossover box.

The tunnels were mined through London clay using tunnel excavators, rather than tunnel boring machines. It was a pleasure to have the Rail Minister, Lord Hendy, on site to visit the new super hub station after the breakthrough.

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