HS2 construction and engineering

Engineering options, reports and construction arrangements for HS2 infrastructure.

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Guidance and regulation

• HS2 Phase 2a plan and profile maps: West Midlands to Crewe (2021)
  • Map
  • 31 March 2021
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• HS2 Traffic Management Plan
  • Guidance
  • 1 October 2021
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• A non-technical guide to HS2 ground investigations
  • Guidance
  • 17 July 2025
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• HS2 Phase 2a plan and profile maps: West Midlands to Crewe
  • Map
  • 17 July 2017
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• HS2 Guide to Tunnelling Costs
  • Guidance
  • 11 June 2015
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

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News and communications

• HS2 Ltd response to Construction Commissioner’s 24th report
  • 11 April 2023
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Correspondence
• HS2 Ltd response to Construction Commissioner’s 23rd report
  • 15 February 2023
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Correspondence
• HS2 Ltd response to Construction Commissioner’s 20th, 21st and 22nd reports
  • 7 December 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Correspondence
• History made as Dorothy – HS2’s state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine – completes the project’s first tunnel after 8 months underground
  • 26 July 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• HS2 Ltd response to Construction Commissioner’s 18th and 19th reports
  • 3 March 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

• HS2 Construction Commissioner report 25
  • 21 June 2023
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Independent report
• HS2 Construction Commissioner report 24
  • 10 March 2023
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Independent report
• HS2 Construction Commissioner report 23
  • 12 December 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Independent report
• Environmental Sustainability Progress Report
  • 6 December 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Independent report
• Diesel-Free Plan
  • 5 December 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

• HS2: proposed approach to rail track access and future operation
  • 21 September 2017
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 20 October 2017
• Operations: HS2 Phase 2a information papers
  • 11 February 2021
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Policy paper
• Construction: HS2 Phase 2a information papers
  • 11 February 2021
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Policy paper
• HS2 Phase 2a Select Committee in Principle Case: Whitmore Heath to Madeley Tunnel
  • 28 October 2019
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Policy paper
• Draft code of construction practice for HS2 Phase 2a
  • 17 July 2017
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Independent HS2 Commissioner: personal information charter
  • 2 December 2025
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Transport

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