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HS2 in numbers
Britain’s new high-speed railway
The numbers behind Britain’s new high-speed railway – from jobs and growth to tunnels and trains.
Operational railway
54
high-speed trains
4
new stations
140
miles of track
2
maintenance depots
Railway infrastructure
169
bridges
52
viaducts
71
cuttings
110
embankments
3,700+
UK businesses in the supply chain
Over 350
construction sites
Economic growth
About 30,000
workers
2,032
apprenticeships
5,600
unemployed people supported into work
£20 billion
uplift around station sites
49,000 jobs
around station sites
63,000 new homes
in west London and the West Midlands
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