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On 24 June 2022, the first design images have been revealed of Washwood Heath Depot, HS2’s maintenance facility and main control centre for the whole HS2 network.

On 23 June 2022, HS2’s civils partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), has opened the doors to its giant construction compound in Kingsbury, Warwickshire and revealed the scale of works underway ready to build one of the most complex sections of the HS2 route - the Delta Junction.

On 20 June 2022, HS2 Ltd. has been granted planning permission by Birmingham City Council for two viaducts which will take the new high speed railway into Curzon Street Station in the city centre.

HS2 announced the start of construction at the site of its first innovative ‘green tunnel’, designed to blend the high speed railway into the landscape and reduce disruption for communities.

The world’s first all-electric, high-capacity drilling rig is carrying out work on an HS2 construction site in Warwickshire.

In a UK-first, an SME graduate of HS2’s Innovation Accelerator programme is harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and laser-based LiDAR sensors developed by the automotive industry to help design a stress-free passenger experience of the future.

HS2 revealed the design for the new high speed railway’s maintenance hub.

On 31 May 2022, HS2 announced the start of construction on the railway’s first and longest viaduct.

On 6 April 2022, HS2 revealed the final designs for the Thame Valley Viaduct and the pioneering pre-fabricated construction methods that will see the 880 m long structure slotted together like a giant Lego set, cutting its carbon footprint by an estimated 66 %.

HS2 revealed the designs for the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel, which has been specially designed to cut noise from trains entering and exiting the project's longest tunnel at speeds of up to 320 km/h.

On 9 March 2022, HS2 Ltd has published a new updated design for Britain’s new high speed railway terminus station at London Euston.

Work on the UK’s longest railway bridge ramped up in early February as HS2 began production of 1,000 enormous concrete segments that will form the deck of the Colne Valley Viaduct.

On 2 February 2022, new plans for the Automated People Mover (APM) linking HS2 Interchange Station with the NEC, Birmingham International Station and Birmingham Airport, have been submitted to Solihull Council.

The prospect of high-speed journeys adding extra capacity into the rail network, and helping to close the distances between towns and cities in the Midlands and North, took a giant leap forward on 24 January 2022 as the Bill for the Crewe - Manchester extension of the HS2 network was submitted to Parliament.

On 17 January 2022, HS2 Ltd confirmed that TK Elevator has been awarded the framework to deliver around 300 lifts and escalators for the four major new stations being built as part of the HS2 high speed rail project.