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HS2 has been granted Schedule 17 consent under the HS2 Phase One Act by Birmingham City Council for two viaducts which will take the new high-speed railway into Curzon Street Station in the city centre.

The items uncovered are dated to the 5th and 6th century, a period in which there are gaps in historical and archaeological record.

The HS2 infrastructure map, including IRP amendments.

The HS2 service destination map, including IRP amendments.

The HS2 Project Update showcases how we continue to deliver Britain’s new high-speed railway.

The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal viaduct is located north of HS2’s Delta Junction, a triangle-shaped series of viaducts that allows HS2 trains to travel between London, the Midlands, and the North.

Situated half-way between London and Birmingham, the HS2 Infrastructure Maintenance Depot is the main depot for HS2 from which maintenance teams and equipment can reach the entire 312km of track in Phase One.

The HS2 route will be elevated and travel along a viaduct as it passes Balsall Common on the north-eastern side of the existing Network Rail line.

The 345m long Small Dean Viaduct, just south of Wendover, will carry the HS2 line across the A413, Small Dean Lane and the Chilterns rail line.

Located south of the village of Wendover in Buckinghamshire, the 450m-long viaduct will be the first major railway bridge in the UK to be built with a ‘double composite’ structure, using significantly less carbon-intensive concrete and steel.