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HS2 engineers have delivered a major civil‑engineering milestone with the completion of the northern porous portals at the Chiltern Tunnel—specialist...
jonathand@cogn… Mon, 02/09/2026 - 09:50
Construction of HS2’s longest tunnel has officially wrapped up, delivering a major civil engineering landmark for the high‑speed railway and marking...
jonathand@cogn… Tue, 01/20/2026 - 09:27
The second giant boring machine (TBM) building HS2 under the Chiltern Hills broke through at the tunnel’s northern portal late on Thursday afternoon.
... Peter Johnson Fri, 03/22/2024 - 13:05Teams working on the Chiltern Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the HS2 high-speed rail project, have completed excavation of 19 out of 38 emergency cross...
richardw@cogni… Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:27
Following the success of the tunnelling works towards the ongoing Chiltern tunnel project, HS2 has launched the third of its giant Tunnel Boring...
Elliot Griffiths Thu, 04/13/2023 - 12:11
HS2 has revealed the final designs for the North Portal of the Chiltern Tunnel, representing the last of seven key structures that will be visible for...
Elliot Griffiths Thu, 03/23/2023 - 12:47The ongoing 10-mile HS2 tunnel excavation journey under the Chilterns has officially reached the halfway point, seeing ‘Florence ‘and ‘Cecilia’, the...
Elliot Griffiths Wed, 02/01/2023 - 11:05
HS2 have reached a major milestone in their Chiltern tunnel project as its has been revealed that their two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines...
Elliot Griffiths Tue, 10/11/2022 - 10:16
HS2 has officially begun the new phase of its construction process towards the delivery of tunnels stretching for 10 miles under the Chilterns, which...
Elliot Griffiths Wed, 08/24/2022 - 10:03
HS2 is the high-speed railway under construction between London, the Midlands and the north of England, and which will eventually form a new, modern...
Matt Roberts Wed, 05/04/2022 - 08:46
RTM Issue 151
HS2 Completes First Six Underground Platforms at Old Oak Common Station
TransCityRail
Scotland \ 04.06.26
Mids \ 09.07.26
South \ 15.10.26
North \ 05.11.26
TransCityRail is a series of regional, interactive and insightful events across the country bringing together leaders, collaborators, problem solvers and innovators in a creative and invigorating way.
This series of events supports and informs the whole of the rail industry and connects suppliers with buyers, specifiers, leaders and decision-makers looking to procure a wide variety of innovative products and services for their region.