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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 branch 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.
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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 ...
The government is rethinking plans for part of Britain’s biggest rail infrastructure project, much delayed and well over budget
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]
It evaluated options for high-speed rail in the UK and recommended an £11bn route from London St Pancras and Heathrow to Birmingham and the North West, which they dubbed HS2. The report recommended the new line be built in the M40/Chiltern Main Line corridor, and used it as the basis for its findings.