Trains may run between Birmingham and somewhere near London by 2036 – a decade late, and slower than planned as Simon Calder explains ...

Colne Valley Viaduct – Britain’s longest railway viaduct. // Credit: HS2 The final deck segment was put into place last September, one of 1,000 segments made on-site. Work first began on the deck in ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Since the first passengers travelled by train, rail travel has boosted our prosperity and enhanced the quality of our lives. HS2 staff and ...

The UK’s longest rail bridge has won an award two months after construction work was completed. HS2’s 2.1-mile-long Colne Valley viaduct in south Hertfordshire won the ‘engineering’ category at the ...

Completed just two months ago, HS2's 3.4km Colne Valley viaduct will transport 200mph trains over the area's lakes and grassland in what the competition’s judges called “a curving form”. First ...

The ongoing construction of the HS2 high-speed rail project has caused chaos for Coventry people, with noise, disruption and environmental damage among the complaints ...

A historic milestone has been reached in the ongoing construction of HS2. On September 5, contractors working on the Colne Valley viaduct in South Hertfordshire successfully lowered the final deck ...

High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have achieved a significant milestone by completing the installation of the final deck segment on what is now Britain’s longest railway bridge. The Colne Valley viaduct ...

The final deck segment of Colne Valley viaduct installed. The railway bridge is now the longest in the U.K. HS2 Construction of the bridge involved the use of 1,000 precast segments, made at an on ...

Construction has been completed on the UK's longest railway bridge as HS2 engineers wrapped up work on the outskirts of northwest London. The final deck segment of the Colne Valley Viaduct, which ...

CONTRACTORS building a new viaduct for HS2 today made history as they lowered into place its final deck segment to make it Britain’s new longest rail bridge. The gently-curved 2.1 mile-long structure ...

HS2 completes construction of UK’s longest railway bridge The 2.1-mile Colne Valley Viaduct will carry high-speed trains between the M25 motorway and the Buckinghamshire village of Denham.