HS2 is Great Britain’s new high-speed railway. Once operational, HS2’s British-built bullet trains will provide zero-carbon journeys between the UK’s two largest cities, Birmingham and London, with services continuing on to Manchester, the North West and Scotland using the conventional railway network, cutting journey times.
By better connecting Britain’s biggest economic centres and catalysing plans for inner-city regeneration, HS2 will open up opportunities for the creation of thousands of new jobs and homes as well as driving transformative economic growth.
Construction of the line is well underway, with 30,000 jobs supported by the project and over 3,200 UK-based businesses helping to build it.
Comprising 140-miles of track, four new state-of-the art stations, two depots, 32 miles of tunnel, and 130 bridges, HS2 will leave a legacy of environmentally responsible travel, economic regeneration and technological innovation for generations to come.
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I was thinking this was being built in the northern Colne valley
I used to sail on the lakes but we lost them to the build the swans,owls and water wildlife has all gone..
They'll all come back when it's done. The lakes aren't even natural.
We should be proud of what we can achieve, rather than worrying about the financial costs and political gaming.
The only things about HS2 that have disappointed me have been that it's taken so long to get going (thanks NIMBYs) which has led to a huge delay in actually starting work, this has led to massive cost increases due to inflation, and now the result is various elements being cancelled due to cost, which means that HS2 isn't actually going to provide what it was meant to do. Imagine if we'd had this level of bureaucracy during the Industrial Revolution? We'd never have built anything. It's time to force planning law change, remove red tape, remove the need for endless consultations and get major infrastructure projects moving. Infrastructure projects turbo charge economies, look at America after the depression. HS2 is an awesome project, and should have been done 10 years ago. Now it's time to do a HS3.....get high speed rail linking North South and East - West. Imagine what business opportunities await if you could get a train from central London to Edinburgh in less that 2 hours. Imagine if a proper link existed from Heathrow/Gatwick to a High Speed line across the country. I'd vote for a government that could make these things a reality.
Amazing! However: it’s not wanted, waste of taxpayers money; absolute cash cow for the companies involved (and their politician buddies!) What with this, and the £9 million a day migrants are costing us, no wonder this country is looking like third world!!! Apart from London that is, because whatever London wants London gets!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Willing to bet you voted brexit which caused the influx of migrants across the channel, it would go a long way to explaining why you genuinely believe that this isn't wanted or needed despite the massive transport issues this country faces every day.
Are HS2 going to air condition the insides of those segments when finished to stop the cables corroding. If not in 20 to 30 years that structure wil fall apart. Stressed steel and humidity will be its downfall. Look at forth road bridge after 50 years its effectively failled.
the design allows for access inside and you can simply replace the cables one at a time as the others will support the structure. It's cheaper and easier to replace them than to air condition them.
If the HS2is following the route of the railway,why is it in tunnels….. so much extra cost?
Those lovely lales ruined by that concrete crap
I like how you think a former open cast mine is some sort of 'natural' landscape.
Utter effing waste of money.Suits conned suits in parliament it would bring plenty of lucrative trade, level up the country and it would only cost 2 billion quid its now costing 200 billion and increasing.We are all paying for this nonsense railway and most of us arent benefitting from it
The precision and design are next level. Even the curvature of the earth is a factor!
Ghastly waste of money. Great vanity projector for engineers portfolios and £billions in dividends for construction companies shareholders. Disaster for the beautiful landscapes it has scythed through. Shame on you all.
I'm confused, you oppose HS2 but you're advocating for far more destruction of the british countryside. I mean surely you understand that cancelling rail projects means more traffic by road, more roads being built and that roads are much, much larger than railways, right? This isn't theoretical nor is it a prediction either - it's already happened. Thanks to the cancelation of the northern leg, new roads such as the M11 south of huntingdon have been constructed, that road alone is 475ft wide, as opposed to the 80ft average of HS2. Furthermore more money has been spent by nimbys on 'studies' legal challenges to HS2 and inquiries than the entire build cost of the line, so I'm a little confused as to why you aren't angry at them (and you) for wasting money if cash was truly a key concern for yourself...
England's longest rail bridge Scotland's looks better.
Pure quality
Congratulations 🎊 🎉
Amazing engineering doing incredible job ❤
Thank you, I knew before hand that it was going to happen, I know it’s a set up, so I’ll pay attention, thanks for watching, no one needs to know anything further.They aim and object is to destroy my character and destroy me and they’ll use anything, anyone and any means to do so
Screw the North as always! As long as the south is okay forget the north
Well done to all the workers on HS2.
By the time it's built in 20yrs time it will be old and over budget by billions. UK is so far behind in engineering compared to counties like China and Japan.
Great video. Adds a different view to balance all the negativity that seems so prevalent in the press/media.
It will be magnificent to see trains go 320 kph on this beauty of a viaduct
@@transitisafuture12345 .. this viaduct (or concrete monstrosity) will be nothing more than a glorified cycle path by the time HS2 opens - in about 50 years time given the current rate of progress. As for trains travelling at 320kph .. I've got news for you - it ain't gonna happen . You obviously don't keep up with the latest news 😉
@@CRIMSONANT1 2033 and 360kph, don't let facts get in the way of your hatred though.
@@CRIMSONANT1you sound bitter
@@xaiano794 .. nope, once again you've got your facts wrong. The opening is now expected to be 2042 at the earliest & in a desperate, cost cutting exercise, it's been revealed that train speeds will be severely curtailed now that the Northern leg has been scrapped. This from iNews .. "Britain’s £2bn HS2 trains would have to slow down by around 100mph and could cause a logjam for services across the north if the project is axed at Birmingham, experts have warned" The project WAS axed at Birmingham although it's such a shame that the rest of this vanity project didn't suffer the same fate 😉
@@paulefc1971 .. EVERYONE should "sound bitter" over this. The money that's been wasted since day one & now we have blatant corruption within HS2 Ltd that's recently been exposed, proving that senior executives shredded documents & used misleading projections (lies), to ensure billions of pounds kept flowing into the project. Whistleblowers claim they were told by bosses to lie about the project’s cost & were sacked after speaking out. They say the government wasn't informed of the real cost of HS2 for years, all while voting on laws that approved its construction.
"Used - One careful owner"
In the time the English have been messing around with HS2, the Chinese have built 10,000 miles of high speed rail. Just let that sink in..
Luckily for them they don’t have to worry about environmental impact, citizens rights, compulsory purchase and workers rights. Let alone aesthetic considerations. They have also built up an astronomical debt which the railways will never be able to repay. But that’s how you get high GDP numbers. Those trains run on time too.
What an absolute eye sore
So I take it you'd prefer an 8-lane motorway bridge, right?
@@xaiano794 no not at all I’d prefer it if us humans wasn’t so greedy and destroying our green spaces so that the fauna and flora was left as it was No amount of tree planting or so called environmental projects that the HS2 has planned will ever compensate for the irreparable environmental destruction they have caused over 40 ancient woodlands ruined ploughing through hundreds of ssi sites pushing nature aside for the sake of our ever expanding needs Already Billions over budget non of it adds up yet 2 decades before completion by which time it will be over capacitated and outdated check out what France or China did with their network less than half the time and cost Have a good day 👍🏼
@@mattgoodchild8215 You seem to be very confused, your opposition of HS2 has led to far more countryside being destroyed, a single example is the the M11 south of Huntingdon, Built to accommodate extra traffic that could have gone along HS2 had the northern leg been constructed - it's 425ft wide, as opposed to the 80ft of HS2 and can't carry anywhere near as much traffic as HS2. It went over budget because of the endless legal challenges from people such as yourself - YOU cost us billions and gave us literally less than nothing to show for it. You sacrificed massive swaths of british countryside, destroyed for roads we didn't need had HS2 been allowed to continue.
@@xaiano794 hahaha must admit that has made me laugh although borderline insulting you really are missing the point so let’s put it simply so you can understand Humans are multiplying faster than germs on a Petra dish bro and if we carry on the way we are things are not going to be good for future generations which is a fact that no one can deny and it’s a global problem there’s to many of us apocalypse here we come Anyway we are never gonna agree are we and like me u are welcome to your opinion I have seen the devastation and it’s frightening You go and enjoy your train with its 140 decibels of noise pollution Enjoy 👍🏼
@@mattgoodchild8215 You seem to have issues understanding simple logic. HS2 covers less land than alternative modes of transport. That means you are advocating for MORE destruction of the british countryside. I'll try and simplify this so you can comprehend - It's like you have a water leak in your home, and you don't want to ruin your towel by using it to soak up the water so instead you let it go on the carpet and ruin that instead. By opposing HS2 you are forcing the alternative and the alternative is far worse. This isn't 'theory' or predictions either, this has already happened. Huge new roads have been built already, like the one I pointed out, to carry the traffic that would have been on HS2 I can't believe you bring up noise - It's like you have never left your living room. Are you bed ridden? Simply drive over to your nearest motorway and stand beside it, see how loud it is. Then go to your nearest rail line and do the same. I get the feeling you live at your computer and are just going by what you read on the internet because anyone could simply drive to these places and see for themselves.
The HS2 gentleman has the same name as our doctor when we lived many years ago in Rugby, (Dr Ahluwalia). I look back on him with great fondness, a member of the Sikh community who has contribute so much to British life in peace and war.
It looks stunning!
This will stand the test of time and will just get more integrated as nature claims back the feeder roads. Nicely explained and some great interior video. Well done Sir (and HS2).
It’s certainly elegant and I see how it mimics a stone skipping over the water.
Hi there. it has been facinating to watch this happen. well done. Caroline
I really wish people would stop prioritising the north west. It’s drastically overfunded when compared to the north east of England. We are drastically overcapacity on the emcl we also have terrible outdated second hand rolling stock from the north west. The north west is far too overfunded. They should have prioritised relieving pressures already in place on the emcl not futureproofing the wcml when it isn’t needed or necessary
Your section got canned. Unfortunately. Southwest would like capacity but it's also known the West Coast is also near or at Capcity. North West would benefits from the completely impossible without rerouting of the Great Central Railway
British engineering at its finest 👏
Actually it's not
The great British feat of squandering tax-payers money on useless vanity projects.
@@JamesWest-iu4jx explain?
How long does it take to attach one segment?
Wow incredible
0:51 driver still hasn't learned which way the segment attaches jk good work nearing completion
This video and the project is Incredible, all the moaning about how long it takes and then you see the real issues faced like excavating beside an essential trainline. How on earth they navigate a brand new train line through the complex crowded London areas must takes years of planning and incredible skill to get it right.
@petertherock a guide to your favourite viaduct 😀
The 'nowhere' line. Thanks tories.
Proposed and started by Labour and delivered by the Tories to create massive extra capacity on the WCML. The trains will go from London to the North and Scotland via HS2 and the northern WCML. Lets see if Labour will deliver the northern part seeing as they criticised the decision to cancel it and re-design it.
@@1chish.. arguments that the WCML will soon be at "full capacity" rely on a discredited, out of date forecasting model which overestimates long distance passenger growth & isn't used for anything anymore except to justify the monstrous vanity project that is HS2. Network Rail's "New Lines Programme Capacity Analysis" shows that WCML capacity is kept artificially low by private operators wanting to maximise profits. A DfT analysis shows that in peak hours leaving Euston, WCML trains were loaded at just 52.2%. I hate to break it to you but Labour have NO plans whatsoever to revive the Northern leg. In a recent interview, Sir Keir Starmer said "it's not possible to do as the Tory government have blown the budget & contracts are going to be cancelled" which is excellent news as HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.
@@1chish Almost impossible - the tories purposely sold off the land for pennies so that any future government would have to pay tens of billions more to buy it back - without raising taxes there is no way to complete it, the tories robbed us blind. It's insane that even a single person voted for them.
@@CRIMSONANT1 Yes so you keep repeating ad nauseam on any HS2 video but never actually prove it. Cracks me up how armchair railway experts know better than the company that operates the railway infrastructure and decides pathing - Network Rail.
@@1chish .. cracks me up how gullible & naive all the HS2 fanboys are .. if you did some research, you'd find out the REAL facts & not just the nonsense spouted by the blatantly corrupt organisation known as HS2 Ltd 😉
Thanks. Well explained.
Beautiful
There's so much more to this project than just the Colne Valley Viaduct and the tunnels. Why can't we see more updates from the central EKFB and northern BBV sections? These hardly get a look in.
Really good and instructional commentary and brilliant visual. Thank you
Remember that the cost of this project was more than doubled thanks solely to moaners complaining and delaying construction. They literally cost the nation tens of billions for nothing at all. An important fact next time you hear people criticising infrastructure projects.
And remember, the original cost of this monstrous vanity project was "only" £37.5 million .. if it had been completed in full, that would have been £200 million down the drain! Within a decade of opening, (in about 50 years time given the current rate of progress), this viaduct (or concrete monstrosity as I prefer to call it), will be nothing more than a glorified cycle path. HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.
@@CRIMSONANT1 Environmental disaster? I seriously doubt you care about the environment since cancelling this section (as has happened with the northern sections) means expanding roads, and since roads cover 5-8 times the area (depending on speed and type) that means vastly more countryside will be destroyed by cancelling this project, and that's before we even consider emissions. It's people like you complaining that have driven up the cost, you've harmed the british countryside and you've wasted billions to do it.
@@xaiano794 .. "consider emissions"? You do realise that HS2 will NEVER be "green" during its entire anticipated 120 year lifespan? This massive white elephant has been a disaster since day one. The Golborne link - scrapped. The Eastern leg - scrapped. The Northern leg - scrapped. The disaster that is Euston station - "on hold" for two years & will only continue if private investment can be found. What's left is nothing more than a shuttle route between west London & Birmingham. "People like me" haven't driven up the cost .. that's been caused by the blatant corruption within HS2 Ltd that's recently been exposed. Senior executives shredded documents & used misleading projections & "facts" to ensure that billions of pounds kept flowing into the project. Whistleblowers claim they were told by bosses to lie about the project’s cost & were sacked after speaking out. They say the government wasn't informed of the real cost of HS2 for years, all while voting on laws that approved its construction. By the way, you really need to get educated .. your comment about "expanding roads" has always been a futile excuse used by HS2 fanboys .. complete nonsense of course 😉
Giving moaners (as you call them) a voice is integral to democracy and long may they be heard.
@cefnonn it isn't democracy to harm the majority due to the opinion of a minority, and as for speech, where is the line drawn? When do you just get on and do it? They delayed the project for 20 years, 20 years of inquests, 20 years of paying for staff to draw up countless revisions, to conduct study after study.
The Ribblehead Viaduct of the future?
At least Thatcher won't try to close this!
For such a high profile project such as this, it would be great if a few extra quid had been spent to make sure all the words were the correct English spellings.
At last an official video on the Colne Valley viaduct! Never seen any detail about the tensioning before, thanks.
Amazing, how's anyone going to afford a ticket.
High speed trains create more capacity on both the new and existing networks. With the demand / supply ratio reduced costs will fall. However, the railway has traditionally practised yield management. Basically fares are tailored to maximise revenue. So, business travellers at peak hours will pay far more than off-peak leisure travellers with railcards.
Can't understand the Indian
His English is pretty good, if you don't understand him maybe *your* grasp of English isn't very good. I recommend you enroll in a language school or something.
I get that you're just learning, English is a tricky language to master but with some practice you'll become adept at understanding.
He is British and speaks excellent English. So slope off and take your ignorance elsewhere.
Thanks for the update and video, what a wonderful piece of engineering, and that must be good glue.. We have been following the construction on Utube and the Face book site, Colne Valley Viaduct Collective and looking forward to seeing the train's running....👍👍👍....
Am in my 60's and this level of work fascinates me, should have gone into this line of work when i was young.
Lovely work!