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HS2 has moved the first huge viaduct section into place over the motorway network in North Warwickshire, marking a milestone for the project’s Delta Junction as HS2 reaches peak construction in the region.

On 5 December 2023, a special vehicle for overhead line maintenance of a Type APLA100-e arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

In early 2024, Hitachi Rail has successfully completed the first dynamic test of its digital signalling technology for the Paris - Lyon high speed line.

Stadler has finished building a new depot, which will accommodate the fleet of 46 METRO trains being manufactured for the Tyne and Wear Metro.

In the second January week, engineers began a delicate job that will see almost half a kilometre of bridge deck slid into position over the next year, high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire, as HS2’s Wendover Dean Viaduct enters a critical new stage of construction.

On 29 November 2023 at 13.35 a Class 130 ALVIA departed from Madrid-Chamartín, bound for Oviedo, the new, fast way, via the base tunnel under the Cordillera Cantábrica.

On 29 November 2023 at 13.35 a Class 130 ALVIA departed from Madrid-Chamartín, bound for Oviedo, the new, fast way, via the base tunnel under the Cordillera Cantábrica.

On 11 December 2023 Rail Minister Huw Merriman celebrated the start of digitally signalled passenger services on one of Great Northern's busy London commuter lines.

Building work continues after Colne Valley viaduct passes halfway point in Autumn 2023.

Deliveries of HS2’s tunnel segments have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions.

Work to prepare the ground for HS2’s new Network Integrated Control Centre (NICC) and train maintenance depot in Washwood Heath, North Birmingham, took a giant leap forward in mid-December, as the team passed a huge earthworks milestone.

To streamline and accelerate the maintenance of the ever-growing ICE fleet, DB has started to use the latest digital and robotic technologies and artificial intelligence. The first example of their application, collectively called E-Check, is the new ICE depot in Köln-Nippes.

A team of 90 specialist engineers have completed the assembly of HS2’s giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will start digging the second bore of the 5.6 km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham next year.

In early December 2023, a viaduct in Northamptonshire has become the first on the HS2 project to have all its deck beams installed as work on the project continues to ramp up between London and the West Midlands.

On 7 December 2023 CPK has signed the second of three construction contracts for its most advanced railway project.