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The Chiltern Tunnel is a high-speed railway tunnel currently under construction in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, England, and will upon completion carry the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line under the Chiltern Hills. The twin-bore tunnels, which are 16.04 km (9.97 miles) long, [1] will be the longest on the HS2 line. [2] Each tunnel will ...
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which has been under construction in England since 2019. The line's planned route is between Handsacre, in southern Staffordshire, and London, with a spur to Birmingham. HS2 is to be Britain's second purpose-built high-speed railway after High Speed 1, which connects London to the Channel Tunnel.
The study investigated the possibility of links to Heathrow Airport and connections with Crossrail, the Great Western Main Line, and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (HS1), as displayed in the map shown. On 11 March 2010 the HS2 report and supporting studies were published, together with the government's command paper on high-speed rail. [19] [20]
Florence, named after the nurse Florence Nightingale, completed its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills on Tuesday. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please ...
HS2 Ltd said a pair of tunnel-boring machines have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills. HS2’s longest tunnel reaches halfway point Skip to main ...
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Various means for High Speed 2 to traverse the valley of the River Colne were considered. One option which was studied as an alternative to using a viaduct was the extension of the nearby Northolt tunnel, which was also being built for the new line, however this option was dismissed in a report released in February 2015 due to the increased costs and construction time that would be involved. [5]
The Acton–Northolt line (ANL), otherwise known as the New North Main Line (NNML), is a railway line in West London, England.Built between 1903 and 1906, it runs from the Great Western Main Line at Old Oak Common TMD to the Chiltern Main Line at South Ruislip, alongside the West Ruislip branch of the London Underground Central line, for a distance of around 11 miles (18 km).