Disused bridge in Birmingham safely demolished to prepare for construction of HS2

[@Harrythepot]

That was the bridge that connected the a47 to the alstom site where they made the pendolino trains that fire up and down the west coast mainline everyday. I used to work there.

[@carguyuk7525]

Timelasp videos are great. The massive crane is impressive. Engineering at its best!

[@stevendellow9505]

Its giant pointless engineering we're paying for. Enjoy paying for it if you like.

[@anubis6864]

@@stevendellow9505 Just because YOU won't be using HS2 it won't stop others. Stop your ruddy moaning, I for one am sick of all the nay-sayers.

[@jugganaut33]

@@anubis6864: he’s not wrong through. HS2 is already billions over budget. A year behind schedule and for the minimum possible requirement for a high speed rail system. That will be slower then every other HS project around the world and has absolutely no ability to be upgraded. So will only become more redundant as years go on.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@jugganaut33 So will there be no ability to upgrade in the future, for a start it is a brand new railway being built to the same standards as the French TGV lines and HS1 so will not require upgrading for years, so how will it become redundant. The other Railways have ben built for around 100 years now but are not redundant, stop bloody moaning you wouldn't of said a thing if it was a new Motorway being built. If people like your self got their way the UK would be the backwater of Europe and the World.

[@bjt107t]

History right before your eyes!!! Fabulous 👌

[@RaspberryWhy]

Impressive. But the best part of 100 billion quid??? (I genuinely cannot find an accurate price for this project) to get from Brum to London 20 minutes quicker???? Will someone try their hardest to explain why this is being built please

[@Konkacha]

I get your point I really do. Think the biggest benefits of this project is to free up capacity on the existing lines for regional and freight traffic since fast train paths take up much more capacity. Also the biggest time savings will be seen when we get HS2 phase 2a and 2b (if we even get 2b). Also less traffic on the roads etc.

[@K-o-R]

@@Konkacha Indeed, but someone decided that because it would be a high-speed rail line, they needed to focus on the (frankly minimal) time savings for passengers instead of the huge practical benefits to other lines. At the moment we can't do any further upgrades or major engineering to the WCML without insane amounts of disruption. A relief line for passengers makes huge sense.

[@davidcurry4433]

100 billion, keep going, this project will become a bottomless pit. I suspect we'll never see the true amount spent on completion, as this project will run and run..

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@davidcurry4433 What would you recommend instead?

[@davidcurry4433]

@@evaluateanalysis7974 A full disclosure of all costs would help. Considering the budget started at £32.7bn in 2012, and it's now at £107.7bn.. value for money it's certainly not, and now talks about making parts of it cost-plus will add further Billions

[@johnfhuntregeneration7450]

Great video, pleased to be part of the team!

[@stevendellow9505]

Fill your boots with taxpayers money and environment expense for a pointless project. C E £700k

[@isnitjustkit]

@@stevendellow9505 Don't you mean pockets? Besides, you just implied that government employees shouldn't be paid, which is just fuckin stupid

[@stevendellow9505]

@@isnitjustkit As has already been said by many the state is growing at an unprecedented rate and creating an image of wealth when it's really bankrupt. The image of wealth is creating millions of unnecessary jobs it many sectors especially IT. This is creating a very undesirable condition where we're being led into a surveillance and control state to create and uphold overpaid jobs. You will no doubt have a different view.

[@isnitjustkit]

@@stevendellow9505 What has any of this got to do with railway construction, again?

[@stevendellow9505]

@@isnitjustkit It's tactics in politics to swamp unwanted projects with issue with many other pro

[@kuldipkaurkalsi923]

God bless you

[@hks-lion]

Funny how they don’t show videos of themselves destroying woodland and people’s homes

[@ianhudson2193]

Probably so it doesn't give folk like you opportunity to post your mis-informed rubbish and cry about things you don't know anything about..... You're welcome!

[@hks-lion]

@@ianhudson2193 ?

[@ianhudson2193]

@@hks-lion You're ok......just terminating your attempt to start an Anti HS2 thread on such an otherwise positive post....

[@hks-lion]

@@ianhudson2193 what you wrote didn’t really make complete sense. You don’t think we should be able to have a open civil debate about HS2?

[@ianhudson2193]

@@hks-lion Is there any point to a debate about something that is happening and is cast in stone (and now concrete).... May as well debate wether electricity was a good idea.....🤷‍♂️

[@petenikolic5244]

And still HS2 needs to be scrapped stopped and they need to be made to return all the damage they have done to its prior state screw HS2

[@peterjones3557]

Interesting video, thanks for the captions.

[@molitovv]

Does this technique only work on bridges that are in Birmingham?

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Use your brain mate, this Bridge crosses the main Birmingham to Derby line and had to be demolished over 3 weekends to prevent to much disruption or damage to the Railway line.

[@royfearn4345]

You can tell at a glance that this operation is being led by a European outfit. Ove Arup are world leaders in organisation.

[@beecee2205]

world leaders in wasting my money by the looks of it. when the final bill for this travesty comes in, they will be licking their lips, and the fools that backed this waste of time will be very hard to find. got your bolt hole ready ?

[@Domdeone1]

And part Chinese

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@beecee2205 What do you recommend using instead of HS2?

[@tfizzle3167]

Bet there's people that can demolish it faster than that in Brum 👀👳

[@draylynn458]

Usually without any safety precautions, like the water sprayers to prevent air contamination (concrete dust is extremely bad for the lungs).

[@lg5819]

That small machine spraying liquid? Is that being sprayed over the disused concrete before being broken down into rubble, or sprayed onto the breaking machine, so it’s mechanism doesn’t overheat? Or being sprayed into the air to stop the dust becoming airborne too much, after the concrete is broken up? 0:33 sec

[@TheCam1966]

Meant to limit the amount of dust in the air

[@archiebald4717]

Total waste of money. A vanity project which will not improve rail travel for the vast majority of people.

[@ianhudson2193]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Oh you're funny... Have the stand up bookings started to recover yet post covid? Good luck writing more matetial!

[@archiebald4717]

@@ianhudson2193 You are not alone. Many people have got caught up in this destructive and expensive fantasy.

[@nicholasmassey6941]

@@archiebald4717 It's giving jobs to thousands during a tough economic climate. Faster travel is essential in the modern world, grandpa.

[@archiebald4717]

@@nicholasmassey6941 Saving twenty minutes, London to Birmingham! Wow! That will really change lives. The destruction done to nature can never be restored. The UK is a tiny country. High Speed rail is simply unnecessary.

[@nicholasmassey6941]

@@archiebald4717 You obviously don't travel. Less than 6% of the country has been built on by the way.

[@Littletime839]

Sad it won't be going further than Birmingham

[@matt3642]

Phase 2 does its goes into manc and crewe and even Leeds

[@Littletime839]

@@matt3642 I keep reading that HM Gov will pull the project.

[@davehowe4714]

Is this the bridge that used to go into the old Alstom building?

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Yes

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Great, so transport more goods by rail (at night) from the UK ports up to regional hubs to only THEN be transported by van and truck. That should be the HS2 focus.

[@davecooper3238]

I remember it being tried after shipping containers became a thing. Depots all over the U.K. the system was called Freightliner but it failed. HS2 is reportedly partly designed to free of existing areas on the network for freight traffic. Only time will tell if that is successful or not.

[@hairybustard4247]

All this to save twenty minutes? More like to put billions into the pockets of the already rich

[@whiteeaglewarrior]

Bingo

[@ianhudson2193]

Oh look! Someone with no idea what they're talking about. Pull you're head out of the anti HS2 propoganda pamphlets and read up......you might not make such a fool of yourself....🤷‍♂️

[@hairybustard4247]

@@ianhudson2193 well why don’t you enlighten me with your superior knowledge of all things hs2? Seeing as how I seem to know nothing

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Sorry, 40 mins each way.

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

It's not just about saving twenty minutes off your journey, HS2 would take most of the intercity trains off the very busy WCML & put them on there own line, meaning there would be more space on the WCML for more freight & commuter trains, and of course taking more cars & trucks off the road

[@shopdog831]

Demolishing a road bridge to make way for a railway would never happen in America

[@ianhudson2193]

Probably not, but the old colonies are still stuck in wrong century....🤷‍♂️

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

This is not America, but this obsolete bridge used to be a feeder road from the A47 spine road to the old Alstom Train making building and LDV van builders, both factories vacated and demolished so the Bridge was not required any more, not only that it was too low for the new HS2 trains which will be running on the HS2 line on the land this bridge occupies

[@devonave]

What was the large land with the rail lines going into it now demolished nearby?

[@jordandurham8951]

The Alstom train factory & LDV van factory.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@jordandurham8951 Alstom building was better known as the Metro Cammel Weyman works where the Blue Pullman, Wagon Lits, Pullman, London Under Ground, Glasgow Underground and Metro Cammel bus bodies were made plus the long running Metro Bus.

[@Domdeone1]

What about demolish an unwanted project & save taxpayers not millions but billions

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

What would you recommend instead?

[@Domdeone1]

@@evaluateanalysis7974 For a fraction of cost could have re-instated the former Grand Central Railway, extend the existing railway into Brum via Dorridge, feasible at a fraction of cost, put former local stations in & reopen old branch lines. The need for the commute has halved & freight carried at night like Tescoes does. OK there would be no grand flagship stations but the estimates for predicted passenger numbers is dubious at best. Public being fleeced, nature concreted over...

[@JamesTilsley1]

@@Domdeone1 Ahh yes the Grand Central that didn’t serve any large cities south of Sheffield, that’ll work.

[@Domdeone1]

@@JamesTilsley1 what the GCR branched out to the northern cities just like HS2 is...was meant to.

[@nevillewalker6299]

What a waste of public money when we can't drive doiwn even an A class road without having to dodge the potholes. What use is this HS2 to me. I have to drive 30-40 miles either way just to get on it.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

What a shame, so it iis waste of money because you don't live near it, loads of Brummies live next to it and they out way your 40 mile journey.

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

Well not everyone lives that far away from it, and you can just use transport like a bus or a train to get on HS2, so living 30-40 miles away is not an excuse

[@peanuts2105]

Impressive

[@choncord]

Interesting. And can such other bridges be demolished using this method in other towns or is this only for Birmingham?

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

oh use your head mate, it was demolished like this as it straddled the Birmingham to Derby main ine and they did not want to damage the Railway Line.

[@chaddy1969]

Maybe should've had the same planners workers and work ethic on the Oldbury flyover instead of the shower of shit that caused traffic mayhem for years.

[@longbar2344]

Wonder how long it would take to do the same with all of Birmingham?

[@yruafredo2990]

What's wrong with Birmingham

[@longbar2344]

@@yruafredo2990 what's right

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@longbar2344 Everything is right with Birmingham, it is a lot better than a lot of Cities in the UK.

[@longbar2344]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 if you say so

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@longbar2344 Yep as a Brummie I SAY SO MATE.

[@timearle-marsh1239]

Complete waste of money … better spent on improving the existing rail network so all can benefit .

[@ianhudson2193]

Meanwhile, on planet earth where people actually understand infrastructure....

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

you cant improve the existing network properly.

[@jimmyjones95]

“NOT THAT ONE!!!!!”

[@livingonthetyne]

HS2 is just a massive rip off for what an extra 15 minutes back it’s not going to make the already expensive train journey any cheaper. It’s not going to change anything.

[@benstransport2189]

You are wrong, hs2 is going to take over most of the intercity trains on the wcml, this means that more frieght and local trains can run on the wcml. This means les traffic on the road and less polution.

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

@@benstransport2189 thanks for the Real facts 👍

[@benstransport2189]

@This goomba just kinda exists "Doesn't take you anywhere special" 💀bro it is literly the connection to france wich is extremely important.

[@benstransport2189]

@This goomba just kinda exists Airport security is way more annoying then getting on a train, more reliable also no, and the environmental emissions would to say hello.

[@benstransport2189]

@This goomba just kinda exists Still u want to take ur swiss pocket knife? NO. U have to be there 2 hours earlier; And bagage handeling always breaks ur stuff.

[@jimbobbob9063]

Waste of money HS2. On completion the trains will be slower than TGV today. Only reduces travel time fractionally. Will be Billions over budget. Better to invest in fibre internet and battery factory capacity.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Sorry but the HS2 trains will be as fast as the TGV's as they will be of the same design and more than likely built in Europe in the same factories.

[@CRIMSONANT1]

In next weeks budget speech, the Chancellor will announce the cancellation of the entire Eastern leg of this monstrous vanity project.. excellent news - let’s hope the Southern part will never see the light of day either.

[@iman2341]

Extremely unlikely to cancel it in its entirity. Most likely outocome is that it will run to Totton then join existing routes. Curious though, how exactly is a massive upgrade of the UKs rail network, started by Labour in 2009, a vantiy project.....? Oh and the southern an NW part as already well under construction...

[@CRIMSONANT1]

@@iman2341 .. former transport secretary Lord Adonis has already let the Cat out of the bag .. the entire Eastern leg will be cancelled due to spiralling costs (now estimated to be in excess of £200 billion). The Chancellor has announced that money will be allocated to regional rail authorities to upgrade their existing infrastructure as "compensation". Yes, the Southern part well under construction & billions already spent but I'll put good money in it never reaching fruition.

[@stuartbaker653]

Funny they don't advertise themselves destroying homes, ancient woodland and the beautiful English countryside. Why should we be enthusiastic about progress with Cameron's Folly. Complete waste of money that could be better spent on improving the existing rail netwok.

[@williammoore9609]

Why didnt they just blow it up?

[@resugram_YT]

They are paid per hour

[@JohnWatkinsUK]

Because there is a railway line beneath it.

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

@@resugram_YT No, it's because there's a railway under the bridge so it wouldn't be safe to just blow it up

[@jugganaut33]

Bridge bolted together for easy demolition and construction… HS2 workers: LETS EXPOSE OURSELVES TI TOXIC CUTTING GASSES

[@stevendellow9505]

What a terrible waste of energy to allow an even bigger waste of energy. This is a criminal way to create jobs.

[@routemaster3877]

Average guardian reader.

[@alasdairgeddes]

HS2 is a waste of money and is really bad for the environment. It was thought of in a time when working from home was impossible and people were commuting more. We need better internet access across the country, not a slightly faster train to London.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Why is HS2 bad for the environment, it will be a totally Electrified Railway unlike the WCML which have Diesels using it

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 The WCML has overhead wires & has electric trains as well, but I do agree that HS2 is not bad for the environment

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

It's not just about saving journey times, HS2 would take most of the intercity trains off the very busy WCML & put them on there own line, meaning there would be more space on the WCML for more freight & commuter trains, and of course taking more cars & trucks off the road

[@jamesalexander5588]

Now they just need to set to work on the rest of Birmingham

[@yruafredo2990]

Why

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Why again, nothing wrong with my City.

[@hp2084]

disused?????? I thought its unused.

[@matthewpayne42]

I never believe what I read anymore. Thousands of jobs being created, by who. Most of the Eastern Europeans have gone home after having enough of the UK 🇬🇧.

[@spacemanclips]

'Most'? If only.

[@aib0160]

Pity it's all for a white elephant that will never pay its way.

[@markbarclay02]

Please don't bring Race into this

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Have you got proof, considering when it opens it will be the only way from Birmingham To London by train other than by Chiltern trains.

[@aib0160]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 How can I have proof until its up and running? What I will say though is there's a reason why they've already cancelled a big chunk of it and its not because it was going to repay the investment. Covid has demonstrated that many meetings can be done via the likes of Zoom and MS Teams so the need for face to face meetings will reduce going forward. Unlike London the likely customer for HS2 don't live near New Street station as they're more likely to be around Sutton Coldfield in the north and Solihull in the south. To get to New Street from these areas will me time consuming and add further expense. If you live in Solihull or the south side of Birmingham it's easier to get to Birmingham International which is 10 miles or so closer to London, will still have express trains running directly to Euston and like as not will be somewhat cheaper, more convenient and just as quick. I live less than 20 miles from New Street station but it would take me an hour by car to get there or 25 minutes by train. Either way I can get an express from my local station that again will take me directly to New Street, or I can get a significantly cheaper commuter train that is a good bit cheaper and an hour slower but still a better alternative to getting to New Street. The money would have been better spend building a freight railway that wouldn't require the significantly additional cost of running faster trains. Bringing in freight from our existing ports and soon to have new free ports is a higher priority that we would all see the benefit from as it will reduce the traffic on our existing road network and free up capacity of the existing rail network between London, Birmingham and beyond. The main reason for the need for HS2 is because folk can't afford to Live in London, or want a better quality of life outside of London. So, a much better way is to reduce the demand and better "level up" our nation by encouraging business and governments to relocate out of London. For example a utility doesn't need to have a headquarters based in London, if it were moved out the jobs would move with it, the site could be repurposed for dwellings and as demand for housing drops so will the prices.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@aib0160 They have not cancelled the Eastern leg because of working from home just costs, HS2 will not run from Birmingham New Street and hardly any services apart from the semi fast services run by West Midlands trains subsidiary LNWR will go from New Street to Euston except the odd train, as Avanti west Coast will be running HS2 and the high speed West Coast trains into Euston they will deliver train services according to need. If you live on the EAST side of Birmingham not the South and Solihull you will be able to use HS2 trains from the new Birmingham Interchange station that will be built along side Birmingham international Station and Birmingham International Airport. So what if people do not live near New Street or Curzon Street stations, no one lives near any of the London Terminal Stations and to get to tourist spots or municipal housing in London you have to travel by Taxi, Tube or Bus but it does not seem to bother any one, so what's the problem in Birmingham, the train you catch from Home to New Street you could stay on and change at Birmingham International, HS2 is to relieve Birmingham New Street of congestion so more local and cross country trains can use it.

[@aib0160]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 So it was cancelled because it costs more than it's worth? Is the business model so out of date that it doesn't recognise that with the advances in new technology that business travel is likely to fall? HS2 will run into Curzon Street station, this is equally as hard to get to as New Street, but unlike New Street you'll probably not be able to catch a commuter train to it from within the West Midlands region making it less convenient to use. The people that are likely to use HS2 will not live near Curzon Street station either. Birmingham doesn't have the public transport infrastructure like London does, so getting to and from Curzon Street for most potential users will be more trouble than its worth. The cost of using HS2 still hasn't been announced but most agree it'll not be the cheapest way to get to London by train and again most will also find that its not the most convenient way either. As I said, its a complete white elephant and will only serve to be a money pit few want. The reason for its perceived need also still hasn't been addressed, there's easier and cheaper ways to reduce the need that everybody will benefit from and not just the very few. Millions will be facing years of HS2 disruption, ancient woodland felled, homes demolished and farms decimated yet the vast majority will never use it.

[@Nick-13]

Were all the materials from the demolished bridge recycled - I do hope so

[@sharkeyist]

Not when they are cutting holes in perfectly good bridge beams.

[@krashd]

@@sharkeyist Can you only melt down beams that have no holes in them then?

[@sharkeyist]

@@krashd alrite smart arse, is a big beam not better being reused as a big beam? rather than get chopped, shipped to prob china, to be reused, is the point i’m making.

[@spacemanclips]

@@sharkeyist No, you do not want to reuse it as a big beam. If you try really really hard to think about it, you might chance upon some serious flaws in your line of thinking.

[@Camberwell86]

When I see stuff like this I wonder if they're gonna find a body that the Krays stashed in one of the concrete pillars lmao 😂

[@paulfitzgerald7513]

I doubt it, they couldn’t take Birmingham even though they tried…

[@Camberwell86]

@@paulfitzgerald7513 you don't need to "take" a city to dump a body there. Further the better lmao 😂

[@paulfitzgerald7513]

@@Camberwell86 You obviously know nothing about those times. The Krays would have been spotted a mile off as soon as they got within 50 miles of the city. There were different rules then, nothing like it is nowadays..

[@Camberwell86]

@@paulfitzgerald7513 they wouldn't have done it themselves you div 😂

[@paulfitzgerald7513]

@@Camberwell86 don’t call me a div you tosspot! They or their associates would not head to Birmingham uninvited!

[@willdatsun]

White elephant

[@mc2594]

both ends first was never going to happen 😁

[@Dazzily]

Billions of pounds wasted on a railway which will get you from Brum to London 10 minutes faster

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

That isn't the point of the railway.

[@krashd]

@@evaluateanalysis7974 He knows, but you can't change an idiot's mind.

[@NathanJ2378]

1)It is not 10 minutes quicker- it is 35 minutes Birmigham London, 1 hour Manchester London and 50 minutes quicker Birmingham Manchester all representing about half of current journey times, they will all be more frequent, have more capacity and be more realiable aswell. Due to the link with the existing rail network for trains to continue to Scotland it will make London Glasgow 50 mintues quicker making a signifficant difference to domestic flights (also because the higher capacity that will be achived for London Scotland trains will allow them to increase there modal share over flying which is currently limited by there being no space on the network for more trains.) 2) But none of that is really the point, the point is that the current victorian network is extremley congested having to handle a mixture of express, regional local and freight services. It has already gone through a lot of expesnisve and disruptive upgrades and more upgrades to the existing lines can not achive that much. By seperating the express trains which cause a big gap in the tiemetable as they com through a lot more local regional and freight services (each freight train takes 76 lorries of the road) can run allowing the existing mainlines and the lines that feed into the mainlines resulting in many towns up and down the coountry including some far from the route of hs2 which have trains feeding on to the mainlines or are limited by bottlenecks hs2 solves can benefit from a far improved service.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Dazzily, get your facts right, it will take 40 mins of the journey time from Birmingham to London and 40 mins back giving you on a day return basis 1 hour 20 mins extra at least in London where do you get 10 mins from !!!!!

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

@@krashd Unfortunately yes, but we can always try

[@MrLukealbanese]

Bigger bridges than that demolished overnight in Ontario

[@MrLukealbanese]

@Nicky L bridges in Ontario demolished overnight over some of the World's busiest highways. That's why they do it in a single night.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@MrLukealbanese so what, I bet they closed the busy highways before demolishing the Bridge.

[@MrLukealbanese]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 yes, in a single night, so closing the road for 8 hours was acceptable.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@MrLukealbanese If you look at the video, the bridge does not involve a major road, the Bridge was a service road into a factory. This Bridge crossed a major cross country rail route that caries major east west passenger services plus is a major rail freight route and this line could not be closed during the day time hours, to safely demolish this precast concrete bridge it had to be done over 3 to 4 weekends when rail traffic was light on this route, plus it is in a big inner city area of Birmingham.

[@MrLukealbanese]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 I think you have missed my point TBH

[@sperrin]

Spending £98 billion to help people get to their destination a few minutes earlier, instead of just telling people to leave home a few minutes earlier. That £98 billion could've been used to home the homeless, help the NHS and more. But nope. Along with track & trace, a pointless and gargantuan waste of money.

[@GarethDennisTV]

Dumb reply. Do some research rather than repeating Tufton St nonsense.

[@sperrin]

How is it a 'dumb reply'? If you think spending £98 billion on a train to help people not be a few minutes late is better than using the money to sort out far bigger issues the country has, then I know who the dumb one is here. In a couple of years time when you're in need of serious medical attention, but can't get it due to the NHS being overwhelmed. No need to worry because Trevor got from London to Birmingham a bit earlier.

[@adamcarreras-neal4697]

@@GarethDennisTV spot the idiot that's believed the Tory propaganda. What about the destruction of ancient woodlands, cutting communities in half or the tripling of costs? There is zero benefit to the country, but lots to Tory donors.

[@samm7876]

The £98 billion will be £198 billion by the time the project finishes.

[@olivergunn2796]

High speed rail runs throughout all of Europe, comes through the Chanel tunnel, to London and then stops, the trains don't even have the option of using the existing lines as the British gauge is too restrictive for the trains used throughout the rest of Europe to use, if we want rail to ever compete with air/car travel, projects like this are vital

[@garyp4374]

What a waste of resources. couple sticks of gelignite and then clean up the mess

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Have you got a brain man, this Bridge is close to the busy elevated section of the M^ and crosses the bust Birmingham to Derby line and also branches off the A47 feeder road, so no you could not just blow it up.

[@phil2544]

Great video, pity HS2 is a colossal waste of money.

[@simongleaden2864]

It's not a complete waste of money, but, yes, the money would be better spent on other things.

[@Camberwell86]

Just coz us adults don't want it now doesn't mean our kids won't need it in 2040. Our ancient rail infrastructure is barely coping today, you've gotta look to the future

[@phil2544]

@@Camberwell86 with remote working I have no evidence our children will need it. Divert the money to other rail projects eg remove the bottlenecks from the system.

[@isnitjustkit]

​@@phil2544 I'm probably around the age of your children so let me tell you now that you should probably talk to your kids more Online learning has given Zoomers an absolutely awful taste of "Stay at home for the month and just do work" We hate it, not a single person on my Chemistry Course prefers online learning, we wont want to work from home when we enter the work force

[@phil2544]

@@isnitjustkit I'm lucky enough to work from home, but the prospect of doing that for forty five years will take adjustment. Glad I don't have to do it for that long.

[@christopherfrankling6587]

Ooh. Can the next time lapse be destroying an ancient forest! Please please please!

[@chriso8485]

Can the next time be some middle class NIMBYs crying into their pillows?

[@CyclingSteve]

Ask National Highways!

[@christopherfrankling6587]

@@chriso8485 Poor people don't like nature. That's what you're saying? Learn something everyday, ta.

[@chriso8485]

@@christopherfrankling6587 No, but working class people want good paying jobs and a strong economy. Birmingham needs the wealth flow HS2 will provide. It will be quicker to travel from Euston to Birmingham Airport than it will be from Euston to Heathrow. Sorry that the middle classes in the home counties have to suffer a bit but the success of our country depends on the success of our biggest cities. I'm fed up with small minded posh people crying because a pear tree got chopped down or they got mud in the wheel arches of their Audi SUVs or God forbid houses aren't insulated properly

[@christopherfrankling6587]

@@chriso8485 I live in Staffordshire, so we get none of the actual benefits of HS2 like Birmingham. Equally I drive a shitty old 207. I'm not convinced by the argument that Birmingham will benefit to the extent touted, we already have firms like HSBC and PWC relocating to Birmingham because it's cheaper for them than London. Better local links would be a start - e.g. rather than one train every half hour where I am into Birmingham, which often get cancelled, it would be nice for people who already work in the area to be able to do so. So yes, I understand your frustration with the monied classes, but equally we're all fucked if we continue razing the countryside to the ground and it happens around the world form the sake of £££.

[@madmaxmcinnes4102]

I thought the HS2 project was now cancelled?????????

[@jamesadfowkes]

Phase 2B might be cancelled, we won't know until the IPR in a week or two. Phases 1 and 2A are still going ahead.

[@royfearn4345]

@@jamesadfowkes And the East Midlands gets bypassed yet again!

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@jamesadfowkes or a month or two or a year or two, this report has been due for release for ages, I guess they are waiting for a huge big story to dominate the news so they can release this report quietly, as we all know it cancels major infrastructure projects and upgrades. The government obvious won't use the word cancelled.

[@CRIMSONANT1]

@@jamesadfowkes .. in his budget speech next week, the Chancellor will confirm the cancellation of the entire Eastern leg of HS2 .. it won't go North of B'ham which is excellent news. That's why various regional authorities are being offered money to upgrade their rail infrastructure - it's a "sweetener" to counter the loss of HS2.

[@isnitjustkit]

@@royfearn4345 As we always do "The East Mids was meant to get rail electrification? How about we stop it at Market Harborough and call it a day? Don't worry, they'll vote for us forever"

[@rickygriffiths8874]

All for a train

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Yep, first the Bridge was not required any longer and that it was too low for HS2 trains to go under it.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

A new Railway line of which this Bridge was too low for the overhead line equipment and trains to go under, when this Bridge was built HS2 was realy thought of.

[@JC-qc4et]

Joke company disrupting 1000’s of life’s

[@beefybobos]

Stop cutting down so many trees to make your compounds and yards. Also if there's 4 men standing round watching one guy use a shovel then ask to be given something to do or be redeployed. Don't get paid to stand around for job creation, go plant some trees

[@anubis6864]

You obviously have no idea how these jobs are done, so go and do some research. Until then, shut up!

[@adam-g7crq]

@@anubis6864 Spot on 😁👍

[@SteveSearle]

Removal of a disused bridge for a cancelled project, possibly.....

[@anthonytaylor7590]

Not getting cancelled work is well underway

[@jermainetrainallen6416]

Erm HS2 won't be cancelled. Construction on Phase One is too far advanced for that

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Nope it hasn't been cancelled.

[@garycoleman192]

If its in the way of hs2 then just smash it down .

[@ianhudson2193]

Didn't see any smashing..... ......just a well organised, co-ordinated demolition carried out by professionals. You must have watched a different video!

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

It was demolished for a reason, first it hadn't been used for 10 years and second it was too low for HS2 trains to go under it.

[@poppycocksa]

It's bullshit.

[@benstransport2189]

How?

[@benstransport2189]

@This goomba just kinda exists WOW, a project costs money. Thats just the way it is. And the the west coast mainline isn't for a "niche" group, its one of the most important commuter links in the uk. And trees will be replanted, less co2 due to rail being better than road transport. People can got a new house and we do not care about small companies when we are talking about economic benifts this big for the nation. Becuz the uk really needs it after the blunder called 'brexit'.

[@philc8544]

The Chinese would of done that in an evening. I sense my tax is utterley wasted on this ridiculous project.

[@anubis6864]

Shut it!

[@peteh7646]

The Chinese use cheap enforced labour

[@philc8544]

@@peteh7646 cheap is relative.

[@isnitjustkit]

The Chinese can build as much as they can by having much cheaper labour, having more of it, and having a substancially different political system And don't bring that "Cheap is relative" crap out, they force Uighurs to work in factories against their will

[@Mrgingerdread1]

A typical example of tories boom bust economy, They as usual boom and we all end up bust.

[@petenikolic5244]

That bridge used to carry a lot of traffic HS2 pile of CRAP still time to stop it and make them repair the damage they have caused .

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

That bridge hardly carried any traffic matte, I drove past it for years. It was only a service road to two factories.

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

Yeah used too 😆, but nobody has been using the bridge for YEARS

[@mikeagate]

Hasn't HS2 🚅 been cancelled 👏👏👏😂😂😂👍

[@isnitjustkit]

Go upload some more Prager U videos

[@jermainetrainallen6416]

Nope

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Where have you been hibernating, it has been under construction for about 5 years at least now.

[@isnitjustkit]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 you mean 2020?

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@isnitjustkit Nope at least 5 years I live in Birmingham near the sites and they have been under construction for at least five years now, if it was 2020 the Birmingham Curzon Street site and Birmingham interchange site would not be where they are today, the Bridge was demolished in 2021.