You can love or hate HS2, but there is no denying how fascinating the construction process has been. Excellent works.
@jakehowie4423 ай бұрын
Very slow expensive process
@TheRailwayDrone3 ай бұрын
@@jakehowie442 Very true.
@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg3 ай бұрын
It's inevitable it will take years when the entire length from London to Handsacre has got to be built piecemeal fashion. Divert a roundabout, build a bridge over a river, divert a power cable, build a new power cable and so on. If Britain was a new country with no infrastructure to build round it would have been built by now.
@jakehowie4423 ай бұрын
Should’ve started Manchester to Birmingham or in the North much cheaper land than in South, more space too
@TheRailwayDrone3 ай бұрын
@@jakehowie442 I have to agree, especially since London gets all the glory.
@Samuel_J14 ай бұрын
The permanent structure looks fantastic. I can't wait to see the station come out of the ground - that'll be a really significant moment to see!
@Ag47Coins4 ай бұрын
A great achievement by everyone involved, having trained all these young people it’s a shame to think after HS2 is complete most will have to take their experience to other countries to continue their careers, I wish the UK could be more forward thinking and find them work here where they learned their trade
@DavidKnowles04 ай бұрын
If Labour get into power hopefully some of them will be able to work on Bakerloo line or some of the Northern Rail improvement works or even Crossrail 2.
@Ag47Coins4 ай бұрын
@@DavidKnowles0shame it requires us having a labour government
@Ag47Coins4 ай бұрын
I’m not convinced they have the ability to organise anything successfully
@Ag47Coins4 ай бұрын
Guess labour could squeeze the taxpayer, I think they might lose the election with the news of re nationalisation
@janeknight35974 ай бұрын
Crossrail 2 is needed, but the priority should be the bits of HS2 the short sighted muppets cancelled.
@m.e.3454 ай бұрын
High-speed rail is definitely the future of public transportation and it is good to see UK citizens working together.
@jakehowie4423 ай бұрын
It’s definitely not! HS2 line is pretty useless and doesn’t serve even 1/10th of the population. Very few people want to travel to Birmingham especially from London… More people want to go to Manchester and Liverpool, even Leeds, as well as North to South from these cities
@1346crecy3 ай бұрын
@@jakehowie442 So where do we start then? Your opinion on where from and to?
@jakehowie4423 ай бұрын
@@1346crecy Manchester to Crewe to Birmingham to London like planned, Liverpool to Manchester to Leeds / Sheffield to Newcastle to Edinburgh better served with high speed lines
@1346crecy3 ай бұрын
@@jakehowie442 Don't disagree with any of what you said. So on the premise of we cant do all this at once lets allow thirty years to completely upgrade our rail system. As soon as were nearly finished this bit ,I agree with you that the east coast should be next. Keep it rolling so we're not starting from scratch every time. Finally take the awarding of contracts away from the Treasury and appoint group of senior retired businessmen who have spent their lives in construction to peruse tenders and award contracts.
@jakehowie4423 ай бұрын
@@1346crecy nope, London and Birmingham do not need HS2. The North does. Very few commuters to London nowadays. Manchester UK's fastest growing city
@52robbo4 ай бұрын
So incredibly short sighted by Sunak and his ‘government’; but I’m quite sure a high speed route will eventually get completed right through to Glasgow and Edinburgh and including all the great northern cities of Britain. Just a pity it will end up costing more. But all great infrastructure projects always run over cost projections, it’s in the nature of such works. Well done on the job so far.
@1346crecy3 ай бұрын
I agree I think another government regardless of it's political hue will pick this up and push it right the way up the country. It has to start somewhere right. With regard cost, I work in construction and material costs have pretty much sky rocketed since COVID. Also, unfortunately, The Treasury is staffed mostly with incompetents who are unsackable....In my opinion
@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg3 ай бұрын
@1346crecy Did you know a budget estimate has never been produced ? The 32.70 billion figure everyone is trying to benchmark the costs against was a figure Boris Johnson said would get the go ahead so HS2 said it could be built for that.
@1346crecy3 ай бұрын
@@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg No I'm not having this blaming the politicians all the time. Its the Treasury's job to manage all public projects. My opinion is they are not up to it. Where did Johnson get that figure from did he just pluck it out of he air? Of course not. Typical bureaucrats fuck up, then hide behind the politicians be they Labour or Tory.
@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg3 ай бұрын
I'm told by someone who went to an HS2 presentation that they had carried out soundings in the government and felt 32.70 billion would be OK to proceed so HS2 confirmed it could be built for that figure. What normally happens is a Cost Consultant does a budget costplan and that's never enough because Cost Consultants don't have enough technical capability to understand what things cost. But in this case it would have been impossible to put a detailed budget costplan in place when no information existed.
@1346crecy3 ай бұрын
@@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg I've worked on and managed rail projects and Underground projects over the last 30 years . "Carried out soundings" is not a way to invite tenders for major Civil engineering projects on behalf of the public. As I said the people perusing the tenders have to have the detailed knowledge required, you cant just say give me a ballpark figure. I do understand that this is complex and if a " Cost consultant" doesn't have the relative knowledge then he is as much use as an ashtray on a motorcycle. The point I keep going back to, is that the Treasury seems unable to manage these things which is supposed to be their job. Therefore a new way of inviting tenders that is open and transparent needs to be formulated. These matters should not be resolved over a good lunch.
@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive4 ай бұрын
Thank you to all involved. God bless 🙏🏾
@proskar31464 ай бұрын
Good work!
@chrise23293 ай бұрын
Fascinated to see the changes whenever I go past.
@1346crecy3 ай бұрын
Love it! Well done to all!
@TheFrogfather14 ай бұрын
The sheer scale of the project, even in its truncated form, is very impressive. I hope I'm still alive when it opens.
@gingertom23553 ай бұрын
The current rate of progress is fantastic to see. Just imagine how far along the station construction would have been if Government had quit the numerous bouts of prevarication and loss of nerve and just allowed the constructors to get on with it. Guess we'll need a different Government to get Euston built.
@davidelsemeader65874 ай бұрын
Brillaint! Makes me feel proud to be British! Well done HS".
@jamesmcdonnell56173 ай бұрын
This chap Stefan Skrakowski (sp?; Ap.) should be made the 'permanent' official spokesman for HS2 in future videos on updating the general public on completed, future or in-process construction works underway currently. He is articulate, knowledgeable and easy to listen to.
@ianjoyce51203 ай бұрын
You should check out Jack from Bam Nuttall on the Coast Cams (KZbin) documentation of the Dawlish Sea Wall Upgrade project. Jack (and Network Rail et al.) show how community engagement should be done. Give a vidographer access to an expert who can explain in laymans terms what is happening and everyone is happy.
@Kodakcompactdisc3 ай бұрын
I just realized I’m watching this parked up next to an old brick built bridge from the 1860’s with just the piers left standing. Fascinating.
@shaunwest36124 ай бұрын
Amazing achievement, well done 👍
@oscarsands12374 ай бұрын
can't wait to see what the grafted artists will do when it's done
@michaelcolllett90823 ай бұрын
As i make deliveries near by, amazing to see progress been make,as I have interested in civil engineering projects
@garethelias60064 ай бұрын
Good progress! Keep the updates coming!
@msteele40094 ай бұрын
Absolutely fabulous work......
@MePeterNicholls4 ай бұрын
Please will the government see sense at at least extend it to Crewe.
@gorgu084 ай бұрын
There is zero chance that Crewe will not see this extended to there, irrespective of the political winds there is no other options it just will not be called hs2, watch out for a Crewe high speed bypass coming your way soon ;-)
@gorgu084 ай бұрын
The funniest bit of all is the Tories will be powerless to avoid it
@brandywell444 ай бұрын
Have animation videos been made showing the completed rail network for all sections. I would Particularly like to see how the junction at Water Orton and the Attleborough Lane tunnels will look with trains running.
@user-gj7ew2sm5u4 ай бұрын
Ive anyone is wondering about the grave yard and the bodies dug up to make way for this, apparently they will be reburied at Witton cemetery.
@timmarsh40294 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@thunderdemonlover4 ай бұрын
Thank You.
@user-ps2zr7jp6p4 ай бұрын
Great work, well done!
@Macc12 ай бұрын
HS2. Always better late than never.
@tomlynch61764 ай бұрын
Looks amazing
@LILC633 ай бұрын
I really like the HS2 project, it’s annoying that basically half of it has been cancelled.
@lg58194 ай бұрын
The sad part is so many people, here and abroad believe the misinformation being put out there about HS2 and our inability to build a world class high speed rail project. Well, HS2 Ltd have proven that’s untrue with video updates about its actual progress. High Speed Rail is the future. I just hope we have high speed rail connecting all of Great Britain, one day, when we can cut down on all the excessive bureaucracy that holds it back.
@thorley19694 ай бұрын
Excellently put.
@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg3 ай бұрын
There are a lot of people out there who know nothing about the construction industry but have always got an opinion about it. Then they look silly. It's like me insisting NASA can build a rocket that can get us to the moo. In a day when I know nothing sbout space travel or rockets.
@peteregan38624 ай бұрын
Happy to comment. Terminating railway stations in city centres are very inefficient, thus a huge waste of money. Like in the EU, the island of Great Britain needs a rail GRID which includes a loop around the coast. 'Grid' being a literal term. The grid will respond to population density, thus more grid lines in cities. With current rail automation systems in use in the world, the entire UK rail network can be automated (no drivers), trains sized to demand, and services operated when demanded with minimum service frequencies. There should be a price signal to peak demand.
@thisisbob10014 ай бұрын
Blends in lovely
@user-gj7ew2sm5u3 күн бұрын
Hs2, is it correct only 3 of the 7 platforms being built will actually receive trains ? as the other platforms that would have been used if the lines went further north has now been cancelled. Await your reply, thanks
@RitaFarrow4 ай бұрын
could i ask as to what you have now in length and what will be the over all length,of the platforms thanking you,great content
@miroslawpruszkowski80853 ай бұрын
how this the current structure fit in, it would have been nice to superimpose the plans and the linking parts, it currently looks a little lost without context imho
@peterpowis41452 ай бұрын
Can I ask when HS2 plan to start building the Curzon Street station itself?
@johnson_street_IEMD4 ай бұрын
I saw the piers on the way to Making Tracks Four... on the WCML .. Great work guys ... is there provision for future northbound hs2 in these pathways .. ?
@user-gj7ew2sm5u4 ай бұрын
Looks like its going to have alot of platforms, i wonder if they will all be built and finished now the railway stops there.
@mbrough27994 ай бұрын
It won't stop there. The project will be reviewed and then continued because the capacity is required for the future. It is only Sunak and his government that cannot understand this, for some unknown reason.
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
This is only the terminus of HS2 in Birmingham, but the HS2 line also has another line that bypasses Birmingham to Handsacre in Staffordshire which will allow HS2 trains from Birmingham and London to go to Manchester and the North
@mbrough27993 ай бұрын
@@peterwilliamallen1063 At the moment the project north of Birmingham is is disarray, mainly of this government's making. Presumably it will be sorted out when people who know anything about transport take over. The French must be laughing at us, really. They have had high speed rail for decades. In the meantime, the British, or at least the Conservative government and its adherents keep pretending that they can stay behind the wheel on an ever expanding road network indefinitely, which of course will be impossible.
@SirKenchalot3 ай бұрын
When will you lay down the first piece of track? Will all 7 approach roads be laid down initially as it doesn't seem likely you'll need all 7 now that the rest of HS2 has been scaled back?
@ElmerCat3 ай бұрын
After Curzon, I expect the next will be Jadzia, followed by Ezri.
@daranphilipson10254 ай бұрын
Unfortunately the piers will be decorated with graffiti before too long.
@beecee22054 ай бұрын
good, it should read this is an expensive pile of shit
@davidgraham68724 ай бұрын
It's the M11 allover again 😮
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
@@beecee2205 So what would you spend this on, it is not for you but the fiture generations who will want to travel at high speed by rail
@beecee22054 ай бұрын
@@peterwilliamallen1063 local links. Unlike all the fools on this thread I live in Warwickshire. I live 1.5 miles from Nuneaton. Its on thw west coast mainline. I do not need HS2, which will be over priced. And lets not forget the parking eh ? High speed ? Train from Aston to Acton is high speed ? Please. Do we need a high speed link ? Ever hear of the internet. Its a lot quicker.
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
@@beecee2205 Definetly shows you know nothing about HS2 or Birmingham, for a start HS2 goes no where near Aston, Birmingham Curzon Street Station is in the heart of Birmingham City Center then it runs through the Vauxhall and Duddeston area of Birimingham, then Saltley, Washwood Heath and finaly under Bromford to Water Orton but no where near Aston I am afraid to say and then terminating in London Euston again definaetly not Acton. We in Birmningham, the West Midlands Manchester, Liverpool and Scotland definately need this HS2 high speed link and Nuneaton and the existing WCML will get a slower train service as most of Avanti West Coast services will trnsfer to the HS2 route when it opens and where do you get the over priced bit from, maybe where you got the idea of HS2 terminating in Aston. I suggest you get an AtoZ map of Birmingham a trace the HS2 route on it before making silly comments, and yes I live in Birmingham near where HS2 runs
@u1zha4 ай бұрын
0:36 no link, but otherwise great video
@WaqasIdrees-c3d5 күн бұрын
How do I get a job with hs2
@richardwills-woodward53403 ай бұрын
Will this be built to European gauge and future-proofed (I know the trains will be UK gauge for the foreseeable future) because if we do manage an option of some services on a closed network in future (distant future of course and I'll probably be dead by then) it would be good to have the option of wider and taller (double-decker?) trains.
@nicholashortonjustice4rebe3783 ай бұрын
The Great Central Railway is Gonna use Pre-Fabricated Concrete Decks for their Bridging the Gap Project
@kennydeary9573 ай бұрын
Who done the drawings for this project
@cwmbc4 ай бұрын
It great to see the station being built. Just a pity it could not of been a through station instead of a dead end. Would of made train movement far easier....and lost less time.
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
Train movements will be easy due to the Delta Junction at Water Orton which will allow trains from Birmingham Curzon Street to go south to London and North to Manchester and the North but will also allow trains from London to Manchester to by pass Birmingham. A through station would of been too time consuming, costly and problomatic with in the City Centre and Birmingham New Street has not the capacity for HS2 services plus other services hence the reason to build a new station for HS2 services
@johnevans20444 ай бұрын
Unlike many UK cities that are centred on river valleys, Birmingham city centre, where New Street station is located, is on a hill. Curzon Street is actually the original terminus of the London and Birmingham railway, and the railway stopped there because the cost of actually putting the terminus in the city centre was considered at the time (1838) to be too great for the company to bear. Only later was the railway extended to the city centre through a costly tunnel, and the station had to be built in a deep, restricted width cutting. When other railway lines reached Birmingham, they too had to approach New Street station via expensive tunnels. The constricted approaches to New Street station and the restrictions on the size of the station have caused problems ever since. It's just not economically or environmentally viable to expand New Street station to accommodate HS2. Also the existing line northwest from there, via Wolverhampton to Stafford (where it joins the Trent Valley diversionary line) goes through 20 miles of urban area, and once again, the environmental disruption of widening that route to accommodate HS2, and the cost of doing so, would be far more than that of the route now being built to the east of Birmingham. The new Curzon Street station and approaches to it are sited on old railway marshalling yards and abandoned former industrial areas, so the build cost is relatively much lower, and the environmental impact is much less. I hope that adequately explains the decision to built a terminal station at Curzon Street.
@neilcurson45054 ай бұрын
The railway from nowhere to nowhere now the northern line was cancelled, should have been London to Edinburgh
@nigelgarrett79704 ай бұрын
Second largest city in Britain = nowhere, really?
@neilcurson45054 ай бұрын
@@nigelgarrett7970 I meant the main line.
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
@@neilcurson4505 It is the main line from Birmingham and Handsacre to London Euston what else would it be
@richardwills-woodward53403 ай бұрын
@@nigelgarrett7970 3rd in urban economic reality. It is also far poorer than Manchester now unfortunately.
Il be surprised if this opens any time before 2040
@chrisoddy87443 ай бұрын
Currently scheduled to be open before 2030
@gordonholding56214 ай бұрын
Beneath the decks would’ve been an ideal car parking spot for rail customers with a mini tram to get from car park to station. Too late now to build it into the design.
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
A tram service from Curzon Street to Digbeth and the City Centre is being provided by the Midland Metro
@paulhendry13ph4 ай бұрын
Why a viaduct? Why not ground level?
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
Because the station main entrance is higher than the ground level near the original station and for the line to enter Curzon Street Station it has to cross at high level the Birmingham to Derby Railway Line and the Cross City Line before entering Curzon Street Station
@johnhodges78914 ай бұрын
Look lovely when all the graffiti artists are allowed in .. trust me they will
@DavidKnowles04 ай бұрын
They will need a dedicated team to clean it off.
@briangreenlee1813 ай бұрын
Just like Boston's Big Dig and California's HSR, Sad that they seem to grossly under bid the initial costs to get it started and then beg for more and more funds.
@briangreenlee1813 ай бұрын
@cjjk9142 didn't you have the same issue with Crossrail?
@user-gj7ew2sm5u4 ай бұрын
Somewhere for the homeless to keep out of the rain, i guess. Shame some money wasn't spent on building them proper shelter instead
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
This area will be full of transport sites such as taxi ranks, Bus stops and a tram stop
@user-gj7ew2sm5u4 ай бұрын
@@peterwilliamallen1063 yes your probably right, if had gone to New Street station instead of terminating in Digbeth, there would be no need for taxis or buses
@peterwilliamallen10634 ай бұрын
@@user-gj7ew2sm5u Again sorry to correct you HS2 doesn't terminate in Digbeth, you are thinking of the National Express Coach Station, HS2 runs into Curzon Street Station from the Vauxhall area of Birmingham with the Birmingham Curzon Street Station Main Entrance being on Moor Street Queensway in the City Centre next door to Birmingham Moor Street Station, even if you went into New Street Station in most cases you require to get the Tram, Bus or Taxi to your final destination
@zizapeg184 ай бұрын
I go to different sites on H2s and the amount of destruction on the country side is enormous.The scale you can not comprehend,from warickshire through country side and the split from the M42 running up to lichfield main line and what for ? So you can get to and from london 30 mins earlier and it will cost you more.Biggest white elephant in our history.
@richardwills-woodward53403 ай бұрын
Incorrect. It has nothing to do with time. If you understood railways you'd know the network is full. There is no other solution that is viable. Beyond that, if you support mass migration we'll need to repeat it.
@ldcclan2204 ай бұрын
Love or hate humanity those pillars will stand for hundreds of years “my great great great grandad built HS2” 😂😂😂
@Joe90V4 ай бұрын
Underneath; a concrete wasteland. You'd have thought Birmingham would have learnt by now.
@DavidKnowles04 ай бұрын
It central government that decided to put tunnels in empty country side rather than a tunnel and underground station here.
@Joe90V4 ай бұрын
@@DavidKnowles0 and you don't think Birmingham Council had any say in it? You have no clue.
@1chish4 ай бұрын
Its not a wasteland. Its where people can walk and ride bikes and get about in an open and well lit area. It has a use so not wasted.
@1chish4 ай бұрын
@@DavidKnowles0 Well not true but have you any idea of the subterranean structures under Birmingham from the last 200 years that would have had to be either shifted or negotiated around? Curzon Street station will sit above ground rather than in a huge hole underground. More daylight and easier access and less costly.
@ZDtue4 ай бұрын
Huh? 1:40
@Back2TheBike4 ай бұрын
From nowhere to nowhere, £120Bn. Looks like that money funds the positive reviewers in these comments too.
@nigelgarrett79704 ай бұрын
So the second largest city in Britain is nowhere then? Given how often I see the same comment I wonder who is funding them?
@jimwoodford3984Ай бұрын
Concrete overpasses are the worst of all structures in cities.
@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit38823 ай бұрын
Just another horrible lifeless precast unit waiting to be tagged!
@Leon-lt5gv4 ай бұрын
Its run out of money ' tories over budgeting 'ie overpricing to rip the tax payer off ' now it will be sold to a billionair tory friend ' so now its gonna cost you more money to use ' thats privatisation in action ' paid for by the people ' owned by billionairs 🤷🤑🤔
@mrglide70783 ай бұрын
You lost me in your word salad. Please, again in English..?
@Leon-lt5gv3 ай бұрын
@@mrglide7078 go back to school 😂
@Leonard_Smith4 ай бұрын
Since when did a human need to say "Number" after a number in everyday speech? 🤣
@TomGB-814 ай бұрын
That's how construction management tend to speak, been like that for at least a couple of decades that I've been an electrician.
@Nick-ye5kk4 ай бұрын
I didn't even notice but now I notice every time.
@jasonking68923 ай бұрын
50 Billion over Budget on a who Knows 100 Billion project or More Shocking from London to Birmingham Big Deal Complete Waste of Money 😅😅😅👎🇬🇧
@petercrossley10693 ай бұрын
You're not "stood" you are "standing". Learn English.
@samplechannel2fiyd5idjfufjfud3 ай бұрын
slow af
@ncooper84384 ай бұрын
Impressive civil engineering, but maybe using tunnels would have been aesthetically more pleasing.
@johnevans20444 ай бұрын
I'm sure the engineers who planned the HS2 route and the construction works have considered the possibilty, but it's likely that the height contours of the approach from the east mean a tunnel would not be a sensible design. It's not a good idea to make trains (even modern ones) have to go up a rising gradient out of a station from a standing start. The line into Euston was built in a cutting going downhill into the station, and this proved to be a problem from day one when trains leaving the station had to immediatley negotiate a rising gradient. Much better to construct railway lines to be as level as possible, particularly at stations.
@mrglide70783 ай бұрын
and very expensive
@Afc19874 ай бұрын
Waste of money
@mrglide70783 ай бұрын
what is? Your device for posting inane comments with?