Looking at this landscape I am reluctant to console myself with the tired old phrase that things get worse before they get better. My response is to realise that almost everyone is not a historian. A future generation will not care to think on the origins of this uncharacteristically vulgar project, conceived by a timid nation, that occupied so much attention in the first decades of the twenty first century

Thanks for doing this area Paul. I use the roads in this area every week at present and food to see what is happening now .Caroline.

00:00 Looking southeast from the Greatworth Green Tunnel with the B4225 on the left 00:20 Helmdon Road 01:00 Greatworth South Cutting 01:25 Bridleway AN14 Overbridge 02:00 Bridleway AN37 Overbridge 02:25 Looking northwest now at the Bridleway AN14 Overbridge 03:30 Helmdon Road 04:00 Greatworth Green Tunnel coming into view 04:20 B4225 Welsh Road 05:00 Sulgrave Road (to be reinstated) 06:00 Banbury Road Overbridge (Thorpe Mandeville) 06:20 Lower Thorpe Viaduct 08:00 Looking southeast now at the site of the Banbury Road Overbridge (Thorpe Mandeville) 09:20 Sulgrave Road (to be reinstated) 10:10 B4225 Welsh Road 10:50 Helmdon Road Beautiful video!

Amazing drone skill

Very slow 🐌 progress, considering how much time they have been building so far!

00:00-01:15 Hunningham Road to B4455 Fosse Way 00:00 Looking southeast over Hunningham Road with the site of the Footpath W129y Overbridge in the foreground 00:14 Hunningham Road Overbridge 00:25 Offchurch Cutting 00:49 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge 01:10 B4455 Fosse Way Overbridge 01:16-02:37 Long Itchington Wood to Welsh Road 01:16 Looking northwest from the Long Itchington Wood North Portal site 01:45 Longhole Viaduct 02:22 Welsh Road Underbridge 02:38-03:54 Duplicate of 00:00-01:15 03:55-16:46 Long Itchington Wood to Cubbington 03:55 Looking southeast towards Long Itchington Wood with Welsh Road Underbridge in the centre 04:10 Offchurch Cutting 04:45 B4455 Fosse Way Overbridge 05:20 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge 05:30 Offchurch Cutting (continued) 06:36 Hunningham Road Overbridge (looking northwest) 07:00 Footpath W129y Overbridge 07:41 River Leam Viaduct 08:35 Cubbington Retaining Wall 09:00 Mill Lane (Footpath W129d) Green Overbridge 09:23 Footpath W130 Overbridge 09:40 B4453 Rugby Road Overbridge 09:53 Cubbington Cutting 10:28 Coventry Road Overbridge 10:52 A445 Leicester Lane Overbridge

Excellent video Paul, I really like your updates. Please keep em coming, that was great to see some new areas that we don't usually see

Thought I heard a drone this afternoon

i can't for the life of me imagine the victorian railway pioneers distroying the land like these have...so much disrtruction and so much expense for what ... a few minutes less on the train WOW and none of yhis will ever be of any benefit to the people of the NORTH yet again.

00:00-00:10 Looking west towards Birmingham with the Attleboro Flyover in the foreground where trains from London and the north crossover, Attleboro Lane Overbridge can also be seen in the background 00:11-00:45 Looking north with a close up view of the piers for the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct on the north side of the M42/M6 Toll 00:46-01:55 Delta Junction South 00:46 Looking south across the M42/M6 Toll with the of the M42 Coleshill South Viaduct and M42 Coleshill Box Structure in the foreground 01:06 River Cole Viaducts, beams in the bottom right 01:16 Birmingham Spur Diveunder 01:43 M42 Coleshill East and West Viaducts 01:56-05:39 Delta Junction West 01:56 Looking south with the M42/M6 Toll on the right and the Water Orton No. 1 and 3 viaducts in the foreground 03:02 Attleboro Flyover 03:38 M42-M6 Motorway Link East (left) and West (right) Viaducts 05:15 Looking back towards the Attleboro Flyover and Attleboro Lane Overbridge 05:40-09:28 Delta Junction North 05:40 Looking north with M42/M6 Toll on the left and Water Orton No. 1 and 3 viaducts on the right 06:16 Watton House Viaduct to the right of centre 06:28 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, Straddle bents and piers for Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct 07:00 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (2 piers for 3 tracks), Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct 07:18 (L-R) Curdworth Viaduct, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct

When was this filmed?

Why does a 2 track railway need so much land.

This when it is finnished will be n awsome site from the road the Railway's equivelent of Spagetti Junction

Hello There, Great drone footage, really gives the true size of the HS2 project around Birmingham, a map or dialogue for reference would be useful. Regards, RichardA.

Hello Paul, Great drone footage, but for many people a map of where its being shot would really help as you cover many miles of current work. Regards, RichardA.

Nice to see the decking has begun on the far (London) side of the junction, will look really good once that starts coming further over

00:00 Looking north across the M42/M6 Toll with the River Cole Viaducts on the left 00:08 M42 Coleshill South Viaduct 00:32 M42 Coleshill Box Structure 00:51 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 01:12 Site of Footpath M62 Overbridge 01:51 Chattle Hill Box Structure 02:05 Water Orton No. 1 and 3 Viaducts 02:13 M42/M6 Toll 02:23 M42-M6 Motorway Link East Viaduct in the top left 02:34 Marsh Lane Embankment 02:51 Attleboro Flyover 03:00 Attleboro Lane Overbridge 04:15 Watton House Viaduct to the right of centre 04:28 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, Straddle bents and piers for Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct 04:58 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (2 piers for 3 tracks), Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct 05:16 (L-R) Curdworth Viaduct, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct 05:17 Birmingham and Derby Line 05:25 Faraday Avenue Embankment 05:40 Faraday Avenue Underbridge

I hadn't realised how colossal this build is when you see it from the air like that - amazing. It will be great to see finished and all the vegetation back to how it would have been once done. Thanks for filming.

I think the term we're looking for is "divisive" - from a technical perspective, it's an incredible piece of work. From other aspects, it's an abject waste of money, more so for those who had their land taken from them forceably, only for the project to be cancelled for that area.

Well worth the time and effort. "Rewilding" after completion will be the icing on the cake here.

00:00-00:10 Looking west towards Birmingham with the Attleboro Flyover in the foreground where trains from London and the north crossover, Attleboro Lane Overbridge can also be seen in the background 00:11-00:26 Looking south across the M42/M6 Toll with the beginnings of the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct and M42 Coleshill Box Structure in the foreground, River Cole Viaducts can be seen as well 00:27-00:53 Looking north with a close up view of the piers for the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct on the north side of the M42/M6 Toll 00:54-04:31 Delta Junction (North Cord) 00:54 Looking south with the M42/M6 Toll on the right and the Water Orton No. 1 and 3 viaducts in the foreground 01:58 Attleboro Flyover 02:31 M42-M6 Motorway Link East (left) and West (right) Viaducts 04:15 Looking back towards the Attleboro Flyover and Attleboro Lane Overbridge 04:32-12:04 Delta Junction (Main Line) 04:32 Looking north with the River Cole Viaducts on the left 04:43 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 05:28 The same piers from 00:27 05:38-06:12 Close up again 06:22 Site of Footpath M62 Overbridge 07:00 Chattle Hill Box Structure 07:13 Water Orton No. 1 and 3 Viaducts 07:29 M42-M6 Motorway Link East Viaduct in the top left 08:01 Attleboro Flyover 08:07 Attleboro Lane Overbridge 08:52 Watton House Viaduct to the right of centre 09:05 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, Straddle bents and piers for Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct 09:36 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (2 piers for 3 tracks), Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct 09:53 (L-R) Curdworth Viaduct, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct

00:00-00:22 Looking west towards Birmingham with the Attleboro Flyover in the foreground where trains from London and the north crossover, Attleboro Lane Overbridge can also be seen in the background 00:23-00:37 Looking south across the M42/M6 Toll with the beginnings of the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct and M42 Coleshill Box Structure in the foreground, River Cole Viaducts can be seen as well 00:38-01:03 Looking north with a close up view of the piers for the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct on the north side of the M42/M6 Toll 01:04-04:43 Delta Junction (North Cord) 01:04 Looking south with the M42/M6 Toll on the right and the Water Orton No. 1 and 3 viaducts in the foreground 02:08 Attleboro Flyover 2:42 M42-M6 Motorway Link East (left) and West (right) Viaducts 4:25 Looking back towards the Attleboro Flyover and Attleboro Lane Overbridge 04:44-12:14 Delta Junction (Main Line) 04:44 Looking north with the River Cole Viaducts on the left 04:54 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct 05:39 The same piers from 00:23 06:02 Site of Footpath M62 Overbridge 06:40 Chattle Hill Box Structure 06:53 Water Orton No. 1 and 3 Viaducts 7:09 M42-M6 Motorway Link East Viaduct in the top left 7:37 Attleboro Flyover 7:47 Attleboro Lane Overbridge 09:05 Watton House Viaduct to the right of centre 09:15 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, Straddle bents and piers for Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct 09:46 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (2 piers for 3 tracks), Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct 10:03 (L-R) Curdworth Viaduct, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct

ThanksPaul, drove M42 on friday. Great to see from above, though hard to make out what road is what without labels!

Paul I go past this virtually every day great to see it from this view, make sure this video goes to the history channels .

If you haven't already the BBC1 programme on Monday 16.9.24 about HS2 is most enlightening. Definitely recommend watching it

00:00-2:44 Delta Junction North Cord (Before 17 Jun 2024) 00:00 Faraday Avenue Underbridge 00:06 Faraday Avenue Embankment 00:20 Curdworth Retaining Walls 00:24 (L-R) River Tame East, Water Orton No. 1 and Curdworth Viaducts crossing the Birmingham and Derby Line 00:28 (L-R) River Tame West and Water Orton No. 2 Viaducts 00:30 (L-R) Piers for River Tame West and Water Orton No. 2 Viaducts 00:40 (L-R) Piers for Water Orton No. 1, River Tame West and Water Orton No. 2 Viaducts 01:28 (L-R) Piers for Water Orton No. 1 and 3 Viaducts 2:45-4:15 Delta Junction North Cord (posted before on 17 Jun 2024) 4:16-5:54 Not sure 5:55-7:05 Marston Box Bridge (posted before on 5 Jul 2024) 7:06-13:55 Curzon Street Approach (most of this was posted before on 24 Aug 2024) 13:56-16:58 Curborough to Streethay (posted before on 27 Aug 2024) 16:59-17:29 A38 Rykneld Street Overbridge (posted before on 20 Jun 2024) This format of posting the same footage again and again isn't very helpful for documenting the progress of the project, please reconsider changing to uploading 1 video per location and maybe unedited footage can be posted as well but link to the edited version. If you must put multiple locations in 1 upload add timestamps or chapters for each section. Dates are also super helpful, Cheers

Thaks for the update . It is not utter madness to be building all this with a third-of-a-mile gap between these works and the rest of the European high speed rail network at the other end in London?

Where is the part after 14:00 please?

Could i ask what kind of drone do you fly? Thanks

Nothing but a monstrous blot on the landscape & a complete & utter waste of billions of pounds. HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.

Are these all recent?

One thing I can’t quite work out is where it goes after Saltley into the City Centre. Is there a slight tunnel being dug under the rail tacks by the Network Rail building? And remerges the other side?

Thank You for your update. Good to see what is going on. 😊

Give me air 3 😅

So curzon street station, " evionment freindly"?? at what cost? another white elephant funded by the tax payer?

0:00-5:06 Handsacre to Curborough (posted before on 10 Jul 2024) 0:00 WCML near Handsacre 0:55 Bourne Brook Viaduct 1:25 A515 Lichfield Road Underbridge 2:02 Kings Bromley Footpath 0.392 Underpass 3:44 Wood End Lane Overbridge 4:05 Curborough Brook Viaduct and Road Bridge 4:40 Wood End Lane Underbridge 5:07-7:26 Curborough to Streethay 5:07 Curborough Flyover 5:34 Alrewas Footpath 31 Underpass 6:55 A38 Rykneld Street Overbridge 7:05 A38 Southbound Slip Road Overbridge 7:12 South Staffordshire Line Overbridge 7:24 Streethay Footpath 6 Overbridge 7:27-8:44 Streethay to Huddlesford (posted before on 10 Jul 2024) 7:27 Streethay Footpath 6 Overbridge 8:16 WCML Overbridge 8:32 Capper's Lane Overbridge 8:45-11:19 near Weeford (posted before on 9 Jun 2024) 9:25 Black Brook Viaduct 9:48 Watling Street Overbridge 10:06 A5 Trunk Road (Weeford-Fazeley) Overbridge 11:04 Flats Lane Overbridge

Great video, Paul! When are you going to get some more footage around the West Midlands Signalling Centre?

Great vid! Can you date all the bits

No access to the A38 North bound now for goodness knows how long. So much damage to trade in Lichfield....The south bound slip was closed for 18 months, so it looks like 3yrs the slips at Streethay have been affected 😢

I hadn't realised just how close to Moor Street Station the entrance to the new station is going to be. Some real progress there.

I hope this wider regeneration of Eastside spurred on by HS2 and the Trams will make them close a lot of the 3/4/6 lane roads and consolidate them into 2 lane roads with plenty of pavements, segregated cycle lanes and greenery. Birmingham is a nightmare to navigate unless you're in a vehicle.

Great vid 🙂 SO LOVE THE SONG TOO!!! 😀

Waste of money The city council is broke

How far have they got too?

Crazy. The rich boys train set.

so birmingham will have more platforms than Euston

So is this in essence a reboot of the restoration that began over two years ago, but stalled due to funding issues, as the structural work was far more involved than the original budget realised?

This is the same video as your previous upload

Great drone footage and amazing aerial view. 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing. Subbed and Liked. 👍👍👍

Great progress and from the higher perspective views for Birmingham and HS2. The heritage alignments and monuments integrating with the plan. Good noted information.