Old Oak begins £12bn partner search

Heads of terms have been agreed to establish a unify 70 acres of land around the HS2 Old Oak Common station, and the search is underway for a private sector partner for London's largest brownfield site.

Australian buddies come to Old Oak Common

Australian heavy lift luffing jib crane supplier Marr has brought a new safety tool for crane ops and signallers to the UK for the first time, for work on HS2’s Old Oak Common.

Tunnelling begins on HS2 Euston job as scheme’s boss states line is ‘on the right path’

Skanska, Costaind and Strabag JV starts 4.5-mile journey from Old Oak Common two-and-a-half years after scheme was paused

HS2 celebrates final Birmingham tunnel breakthrough

Eight tunnel boring machines have now finished excavating the 28 miles of twin-bore tunnel for HS2 between London’s Old Oak Common and Birmingham Curzon Street.

Breakthrough on HS2’s second longest tunnel

8.4 mile Northolt to Old Oak Common drive completes

HS2 Project Update, June 2023

HS2's Chief Executive, Mark Thurston, provides an HS2 project update on progress of the project

HS2 - This is Britain's new high-speed rail network 22062023

HS2 provide details of the new bullet style trains and outline the new high-speed rail network that will provide zero carbon travel with more capacity for passengers and freight. This is the future of intercity journeys for the next century and beyond

HS2 - First support walls installed at HS2's Victoria Road crossover box in West London 02112022

The Victoria Road Crossover Box, near to Old Oak Common in West London, will allow HS2 trains to switch tracks underground on their approach into the new superhub station. The support walls for the structure - at 50 metres long and weighing 87 tonnes each - are currently being placed on site, to form the outer shape of the box. Once all the supporting walls are installed, HS2's construction team will prepare to excavate the box, which will be 130 metres long and 24 metres deep.

HS2 - Old Oak Common Station Project Update, December 2022

This short video, hosted by the Old Oak Common Station project team, provides an update on some of the progress HS2 have been making on what will become the best-connected and largest new railway station ever built in the UK. The station will have fourteen platforms, a mix of six high-speed and eight conventional service platforms, with an 850m-long station box, big enough to fit 6,300 Routemaster buses inside.