In depth look at first completed viaduct structures at HS2's Delta Junction

[@oggydogg4147]

It's a shame they don't actually mention the people like me with boots on the ground making it happen, who actually are out in all weather doing the hard work, only the engineers and people who sit behind a computer get the appreciation

[@monsterkillsports3499]

Unfortunately "who cares"

[@sovereignjoe5730]

The workers who should be most appreciated, .. are those with their boots on the ground, who risk their safety & health & work in all conditions, .. you are the true heroes, ..

[@fpvDRE]

get paid enough stop moaning

[@DavidShepheard]

Thanks for making the future happen.

[@lowen74s]

Was a good overview and interesting to know why this particular construction site is so big

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

The scope of works and resulting value in any of the contracts dictate the size of the sites. Further south the Colne Valley Viaduct and adjoining Chiltern Tunnels forms 1 contract 15 miles long. Coming north from there the next section is longer but as it's through mainly open countryside is cheaper per mile.

[@YinandYangandGreen]

Extend HS2 to Glasgow and Edinburgh.

[@richardfrance16]

They can't afford for it to go even half way to Scottie-land, they care too much for those from Euro land on rubber boats , them breaking into our country like thieves in the night

[@arthur1670]

It was never go to Scotland…. Now it’s not then going to crew, HS2 trains will clog up the mainline to Manchester plus will go slower

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@arthur1670 You may have to eat your words as the Labour Government has changed it's mind and is building to London Euston and the Station and the Labour Mayors of the West Midlands and Greater Manchester are in talks with the Government about building to Manchester

[@arthur1670]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 but considering shoves were going to be in the ground now for it, how many years more years will we have. The mayors plan is to use standard sleepers, that will buckle in the heat unlike hs2 so much

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@arthur1670 I don't think you know a lot about railways, the sleepers do not buckle in the heat it is the rails that can buckle in the heat if they are not tensioned correctly by the track installation crews and even then the temperatures have to be rely high before steel rails buckle and it will tke as long as it tkes to get finnished

[@Whiskey2shots]

As ever looking awesome

[@daveydarko5026]

Should've gone to spec savers

[@Whiskey2shots]

@@daveydarko5026 should've gotten a chill pill based on your comments history

[@daveydarko5026]

@@Whiskey2shots you should’ve paid more attention in school.

[@Whiskey2shots]

@@daveydarko5026 oh right......? Well mate whatever the case you seem an angry man so I'd calm it

[@daveydarko5026]

@@Whiskey2shots why do you say that? Perfectly calm here - not angry at all, just call stupidity out when I see it.

[@slavvy.mp4884]

Fun fact, the budget for RailBaltica (a high speed railway across the baltic nations from Estonia to poland) has a budget of 23bln and is ⅓ of the way complete and is estimared to open by 2030. If you ever feel like uk is even remotely good at something, just remind yourself that its a ton worse than you think.

[@daveydarko5026]

Perfectly demonstrated by this disgusting waste of money!

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

But you don't know what the final cost is.

[@daveydarko5026]

@@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg nobody does. The whole things is a tragic waste of money.

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

I mean the final cost of the Baltic line.

[@daveydarko5026]

@@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg oh ok. Sorry.

[@cuttlerfish]

Love the engineering

[@willhemmings]

Your HS2 expert refers to the direction of travel over these viaducts being one way, London to Birmingham (3.02). I suppose building a track to take southbound trains would have taken the cost over £230 billion

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

It's 2 tracks all the way.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

It is a delta junction with it having lines going to and from Birmingham to London, to and from Birmingham to Manchester and to and from London to the North with two tracks in all directions

[@athavanainkaran2499]

3:47 are they making train line

[@Dinoteddi]

No tracklaying has started on any part of HS2. I dont think any laying will start till around 2026-27 iirc

[@athavanainkaran2499]

@@Dinoteddi thank you

[@NickyMitchell85]

Wasn’t there a part of HS2 🚄 that got SCRAPPED? Have they resurrected it or something?

[@Whiskey2shots]

@@NickyMitchell85 only the northern part (stupidity st its finest) however with the relaxation of fiscal rules hopefully we'll be allowed to have nice things like this again.....

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@Whiskey2shots No the finnest bit of HS2 is all the infrastructur of the longest viaduct in the UK over the Colne Valley, the tunnel under the Chilterns which again I believe it is the longest Tunnel on a conventional Railway, the Delta Junction at Water Orton in North Warwickshire, and the building of 3 brand new massive stations at Birmingham Curzon Street in birmingham City Centre, Birmingham Interchange Station at Bickenhill next to Birmingham Airport and London Old Oak Common Stations plus all the new infrastructure allowing a line speed of 250 nph even though trains will only do 225 mph. The bit to Manchester will only be a normal strait route from Lichfield to Manchester if it is started up again

[@Whiskey2shots]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 not sure exactly what your argument here is, and the speeds you mention are mostly nonsense. HS2 phase 1 was always intended for 225, 250 was a top speed for some areas of the network not on phase 1.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@Whiskey2shots Sorry to correct you once again, I work on the Railways and have followed HS2 from the start, live in Birmingham not far from the site of HS2's construction and are a supporter of it, I can tell you the speed I mentioned are not Nonsence. HS2 phase 1 from Handsacre in Staffordshire to London Euston and From Birmingham Curzon Street to London Euston has been desighned for a speed of 250mpph on concrete slabbed track and in cab signalling with trains on the main HS2 line from Handsacre to London will travel at 225 mph and has been wrttien about in HS2 ltd officail videos and in Railway Magazines, so what areas are you on about as phase one is the main HS2 route, next the Mayors of the West Midlands and Greater Manchester are in discussion with the Government to either resurect the original high speed HS2 route phase 2 too Manchester or builder a slightly cheaper line from Lichfield in Staffordshire to the new line proposed by the Northern Power House that will connect Liverpool, Manchester and the North with speed of 185 mph. You need to resurch HS2 before quoting things like I do by keeping up with all the new developements on HS2 including now that HS2 will terminate at London Euston

[@sovereignjoe5730]

With the development of high speed rail technologies across the world, does anyone here know if the infrastructure currently being built for HS2, has been designed to allow easy upgrades to cater for future high speed rail developments, ..?

[@Whiskey2shots]

@@sovereignjoe5730 it's already the fastest conventional rail line in Europe and I believe the world.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Once HS2 is built it wont be upgraded as it is being built to a very high standard to modern technechs to a line speed of 250 mph and in cab signalling

[@diderik146]

Great progress!

[@MrHorserider15]

They also paid 94 people a 1 million pound redundancy for this.

[@RichardHill-bi5le]

More amazing engineering👍

[@timhanser1943]

Work seems to be really motoring , I hope that we can open closer to 2029 than to 2033 .

[@criticalmath4261]

Awesome! Great job.

[@williamdowney8600]

“Learning Curves” Blaa Blaa Blaa…

[@yonniejh]

Why are the new viaducts not painted before they are installed?? They look rusty already!

[@isherifwilson]

I'd guess they are using a weathering steel, which is made to form a very strong layer of rust but not corrode at all beyond that point (so the rust forms a protective barrier, kinda like anodizing aluminum, like iPhones etc)

[@oggydogg4147]

​@@isherifwilsonthis. Made entirely from weathering steel. I know, I'm 1 of the welders on site that has worked on both viaducts ☺️

[@shaunwest3612]

Amazing work 👌

[@Idle-Days]

Where are the British engineers, all those featured seem to be immigrants, all very welcome as it seems that nothing would have happened without them.

[@libertypltd4198]

The British engineers are in the cosy portacabins.. Making conférence calls and tea.

[@SeanDavies-u5t]

Excellent update, keep em coming 👍

[@arthur1670]

3:39 not really positive … just not negative

[@daveydarko5026]

the whole project is negative

[@arthur1670]

Anyone travelling from Manchester to Birmingham will think that, The bit of the network that was at capacity… but look London metropolitan elite will get to their million pound houses 29mins faster

[@xaiano794]

Yeah thousands of lorries more on the roads is a good thing! everyone loves traffic jams

[@daveydarko5026]

@@xaiano794 improving the road network would befit the many, not the few. Mug.

[@RichardBacon-h5x]

Well done!!!

[@jamesspear9711]

This is all amazing but what about other high speed rail projects? I thought a new London Canary Wharf-Brighton Kemp Town high speed railway via Uckfield was supposed to be "shovel ready" according to campaigners 😂.

[@baedanbutler5995]

Gonna be the first third world country with high-speed rail welldone 💪

[@heckmacbuff]

Have you ever been to a 'third world' country?

[@slavvy.mp4884]

​@@heckmacbuffyeah we've all have. It's called England anywhere outside of London and Birmingham. Because the rest of the fucking country is a complete hole.

[@slavvy.mp4884]

Sorry dude, Morocco already beat us to it, so we can't even win that award.

[@DAviation179]

Needed an interpreter to understand this video

[@vivllywellyn-evans5907]

Great work but a shame that all levels of personnel were not shown the gratitude

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

Hi there Again it is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I have another interesting idea for most of us Class 313, Class 314 and that also is including those interesting Class 315 Fans out there, rather than scrapping most of those Class 313's Class 314's including the Class 315's maybe you guys can convert them and including the refurbishment into those Leyland 510 Engine, Volvo B10M Engine, Cummins M11 Engine, Leyland 680 Engine, Gardner 6LXCT Engine, Gardner 6LXB, Engine, Gardner 8LXB Engine, Class 313's, Class 314's and the Class 315's and convert all of them into a 2 Carriages and Three Carriages of the Class 313's, Class 314's and that is including those Class 315's for most of us Class 314's and the Class 315's Diesel Train Fans Pretty PLEASE. Are you still going to do this interesting type of Project for all of us out there Please?

[@timhanser1943]

Rachel reeves now backtracking on her fiscal rules . This will be a massive plus for New rail projects and will hopefully mean we push forward with the route to Manchester and Leeds and NPR and a new metro for Leeds . Come on Labour we need world class infrastructure if we are going to level up the north of the country.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

HS2 is only being extended to Manchester with the help from the Metro mayors of the West Midlands and Greater Manchester

[@RECHARGED77]

breaking: due to cost concerns, the birmingham to london route has been cancelled

[@scottpeacock5492]

In your dreams. 😂

[@qasimmir7117]

Wouldn’t be surprised at all if that became a headline.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Since when has the Birmingham to London section of HS2 been cancelled, living in Birmingham and the West Midland I see construction work going on all the time on HS2

[@fpvDRE]

a goldplated road would of been cheaper lol 😂😂

[@PhilBrown-ik1dk]

No doubt all the engineers and builders have done a great job. But what a pity that thanks to Boris Johnson a huge sum has been spent on ONE high speed route instead of smaller sums being used to upgrade or extend perhaps 100 rail routes across Britain, which would have been a huge benefit for thousands more people (plus freight trains) travelling in all directions cross country.

[@RetiredPlum.]

Awesome

[@ram64man]

Hs2 look at how china did it’s high speed construction, this is significantly slower and costlier to build this way compared to the Chinese method

[@mr.d.6529]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel would have had this done by now..

[@lowen74s]

...through anything in the way with much less safety concern

[@xaiano794]

Back in his day he didn't have all the fools thinking they knew better than him. Just look through these comments and see the people standing in the way of progress.

[@levelzyung7454]

3 days it’d be done in china

[@johnturner4400]

When will the roads reopen?

[@lukesdad5218]

It was just a weekend closure for each of the bridges.

[@MrHorserider15]

The biggest waste of money

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Again WHY is it

[@daveydarko5026]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 because nobody asked for it, the 'business' case was false, HS2 consistently demonstrate themselves to be one of the worst, if not the worst, company in the UK. They rob homes, livelihoods and business, let alone our beautiful countryside. It is a running joke which is an embarrassment to all those not earning from it or those who dont like playing with train sets.

[@Whiskey2shots]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 because they don't like it

[@xaiano794]

@@daveydarko5026 So you advocate for more massive motorways. either that or you don't understand reality.

[@daveydarko5026]

@@xaiano794 if you say so fool

[@jacklav1]

Best and worst of Britain- best civil engineering, worst politics.

[@Tommy-jl9dm]

Completely destroyed the countryside

[@artkrauchanka1779]

Built by the guys , i couldn't understand and by a woman on periods. Naah, ill drive my car.

[@ianjohnson01]

Not a fan, total waste of public money and the destruction of the countryside.

[@xaiano794]

It's amazing how only people with no knowledge of the rail industry think this. It's always far cheaper to build a new line than upgrade existing ones, as you can build in the day. It's faster to build a new line than upgrade existing ones as you have no downtime. You end up with a better result building a new line, as it isn't limited by the curves of the original line. It's costing over 11 billion to add 2 new tracks to a 6 mile section of the leeds to manchester line. HS2 is far, far cheaper and it would have cost far less without all the legal bills and delays caused by people complaining.

[@daveydarko5026]

@@xaiano794 Says who? You?! You have no knowledge of the true conduct of this company. You believe all their lies. What a smart arse you are.

[@xaiano794]

@@daveydarko5026 Ah so facts and figures you could easily double check don't matter. Gotcha. If you don't believe the government's publicly available figures on how much money has been paid then why don't you imagine to yourself that it's cost a tenner and have a less stressful life - after all, everything else apparently only exists in your imagination.

[@daveydarko5026]

@@xaiano794 what planet are you on? You clearly have no idea of the conduct of the scam company. So you just carry on with your verbal discharge.

[@Pianoguy32]

fantastic waste of money

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

So are the Motor Ways we are plagued with

[@SimonParker-q4l]

Biggest waste of money ever, will never be paid for in several lifetimes, most unwanted civil engineering in history & if these people actually wanted to learn this craft they would be better off in China or africa .....

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

Are "these people" the people or the companies building the railway ? And what will they learn in China or Africa ?

[@williamhoffman4337]

Complete and utter waste of money

[@xaiano794]

It's amazing how only people with no knowledge of the rail industry think this. It's always far cheaper to build a new line than upgrade existing ones, as you can build in the day. It's faster to build a new line than upgrade existing ones as you have no downtime. You end up with a better result building a new line, as it isn't limited by the curves of the original line. It's costing over 11 billion to add 2 new tracks to a 6 mile section of the leeds to manchester line. HS2 is far, far cheaper and it would have cost far less without all the legal bills and delays caused by people complaining.

[@williamhoffman4337]

@@xaiano794 all to save 20 minutes, not worth it

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

WHY is it

[@daveydarko5026]

@@xaiano794 copy and paste smarty pants>!

[@daveydarko5026]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 read my comments

[@BEdward23]

Sorry but its taking years & years to build!! 😅😅😅😅

[@scottpeacock5492]

It took 15 years for HS1 between London St Pancras and Dover to be built, All takes time to build.

[@alexgreenwood3179]

It's been 4 years since the actual work started, they've been doing pretty well getting on since then

[@thorley1969]

It's not a case of the diggers turn up one day and hey presto there's a railway the next. Very complicated engineering involved.

[@xaiano794]

20 years of whiners complaining and lodging legal challenges, 4 years of construction.

[@andrewthomas8370]

As impressive as this project is I can't help but feel it's a massive waste of money

[@qasimmir7117]

Never mind what you feel, that matters little. Look at what it actually is. This has been done many time over in similar size countries with similar sized economies and has been proven to work. There is no reason it can’t work for us.

[@andrewthomas8370]

@@qasimmir7117 So the journey time between London and Birmingham will be reduced by around 36 minutes, I can't see a massive benefit of this.........

[@RoadRunner-gj2tl]

Not nice for the locals. But gives people jobs I suppose

[@112Haribo]

Access to high speed rail is not nice for locals?

[@RoadRunner-gj2tl]

@112Haribo when it's built it will be too expensive for average people to go on it and we got enough trains going to London.

[@112Haribo]

@@RoadRunner-gj2tl right. So the idea is to replace existing West Coast Mainline services to be run on HS2 instead, freeing up capacity on the old lines for more freight and more regional trains. There won’t necessarily be more train from Birmingham to London than there are now.

[@andymac7584]

​@112Haribo few will benefit and it's far too expensive. Protest more. Still a white elephant

[@RoadRunner-gj2tl]

@112Haribo since its wrecked all my home land I hope your right that its worth the cost of going to London

[@richardfrance16]

What a waste of money for a 101 mile headshunt , that doesn't serve Leeds or Manchester ,wtf is Birmingham, no one I know even knows where Birmingham is

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

How FKing ingnorent matey, do you history and Geography and look at a bloody map, The City of Birmingham is the UK's Second Largest City and Second City with a massive population of 1.5 million Citizens and an area of 150 sq miles, it has the largest City Council in Europe and the largest single police force and millions know where Birmingham is after the 2022 Commonwelth Games made it famouse and HS2 will go to Manchester but what would be the point of HS2 going to Leeds when if it did to get to London you would have to do a 90 to 100 mile journey west across country to Birmingham before trvelling south another 100 mile to London, it is far quicker via the East Coast Main line. The Hs2 line will run from London Euston to Birmingham Curzon Street in the City Centre then via a delta junction on the outskirts of Birmingham North to Manchester, Liverpool and Scotland via the West Coast Mainline. oh by the way what the hell is wrong with Birmingham I would try visiting it one day before critisizing it

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

😅😅😅 It's in the US State of Alabama.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg Sorry mate yes that is Birmingham Alabama named after Birmingham UK, this video is about Birmingham UK

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

Do you really think I don't know that???

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg Yep by your answer " it's in the US state of Alabama" which is where the main well known US Birmingham is, but this is Birmingham UK

[@nevillewalker6299]

Utter waste of the public money. NHS Prisons, Military, Road surfaces etc etc and this pathetic project still goes ahead.

[@mrglide7078]

Cope harder 😂

[@xaiano794]

because it would cost more money to cancel than to go ahead since the contracts have already been signed with contractors. The fact you didn't know this should be a huge wake up call - i mean after all you just advocated for wasting tens of billions to get literally nothing - but I get the feeling that you never really cared about the well being of the country and instead merely cared about your personal opinions on the matter and are more than willing to lie to further them.

[@qasimmir7117]

@@xaiano794 Excellent analysis, so true of so many.

[@gorgu08]

Bore off Neville and go count your pens or something

[@daveydarko5026]

@@nevillewalker6299 plebeian fan boys.

[@grahamthomas6381]

What a complete and utter waste of taxpayer money. Disgusting.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

WHY is it.

[@grahamthomas6381]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 to save just a few minutes on a journey from Birmingham to London? What an criminal waste of money. The tickets will be too expensive for 99.5% of people and it cuts swathes through the countryside and causes enormous delays throughout its godforsaken path. Money that should have been spent on repairing roads the length and breadth of Britain. Its as pointless as this current and the last governments.

[@xaiano794]

@@grahamthomas6381 That isn't why it's being built. Now that you know you're wrong, I'm certain you'll apologise for your earlier comments. What IS it about, I hear you say? Capacity. The fact is that there is more demand for people and freight to move between the north west and london, that should be obvious from the roads - this adds capacity for passengers and freight (at current design) equal to an 8-lane motorway with room to increase significantly without additional engineering being required (via digital signalling) The fact is our roads and rails are already over capacity and if this isn't built then significantly more roads will be taking up much more land, making much more noise and pollution. The high speed aspect of it is because you may as well make it high speed since you're designing it from scratch, the cost isn't significantly more than a conventional speed line.

[@grahamthomas6381]

@@xaiano794 nope. You’ll never convince me it’s a good idea. Such a waste of time, effort and money. It will be as unaffordable for freight as it will for passengers. You are obviously entitled to your opinion even though it’s delusional.

[@oliverrestorick3970]

@@xaiano794 The argument for increasing capacity on the existing networks doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Surely to take passengers off of the current service and leave that space free for freight would the train not have to stop numerous times at the various stations? If it doesn't then it appears to only be for the few people that want to go specifically from B'ham to London and everybody else would have to stick to the current service, thereby not actually achieving what it set out to. If it does make numerous stops it'll either have to waste an enormous amount of energy getting up to speed and then stopping again or not run at full speed at all. If this is the case i'm sure it would have been a lot easier and therefore cheaper to build a slower speed line, with a slower speed train you could go around obstacles rather than buying/moving/tunneling your way through them. I'm no expert on trains but looking from outside this seems to be the case. Hopefully there's enough folk in B'ham that want to go to London and vice versa to make it pay.

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

We were originally told HS2 would create thousands of jobs. I didn't realise that most of those top jobs would be going to foreigners who can barely speak English. 😡