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4 years

The Green Party’s opposition to HS2 is opposition to low carbon rail and new public transport. The full HS2 network will remove 4.8m car journeys and 1.2m domestic flights by 2050. Here is our response to Siân Berry’s appearance on Andrew Marr today:

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HS2 puts direct intercity services onto dedicated high speed lines, freeing up space for commuter train services to run on the country’s most heavily congested rail routes. Find out more:

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Challenge the lie that HS2 will destroy 108 woodlands. To support 500,000 UK jobs and deliver a low carbon, high capacity, better connected transformation of our railways, there are some upfront limited impacts. But let’s look at how limited they are: 1/14

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We have unearthed what is thought to be the world’s oldest #railway roundhouse at #Birmingham Curzon Street station. Designed by 19th century engineer Robert Stephenson, it was first operational in 1837, predating the current titleholder of ‘world’s oldest’ by almost 2 years.

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. @transportgovuk has approved HS2 to issue Notice to Proceed (NtP) to our main civils contractors. It's a major boost to the construction sector, securing and creating thousands of jobs, particularly for small & medium sizes businesses across the UK 1/4

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Revealed👀! Enhanced designs for #Birmingham Curzon Street Station. Improved features include additional cycle parking, better accessibility, rain gardens with seating, and a more passenger-friendly internal layout. Learn more:

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The 2.1-mile-long deck of the Colne Valley Viaduct is complete, marking another major milestone for the project😮! Building work on the viaduct’s deck began in May 2022. Over the following 28 months a dedicated team of highly skilled engineers used a massive launching girder to

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4 years

There is a huge amount of false and misleading information about #HS2 on social media. Below is a myth buster thread which corrects some of the most repeated misconceptions about the project…

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We’ve completed the last section of earthworks that will carry East West Rail (EWR) services between Oxford and Cambridge over the new high-speed line, near Calvert in Buckinghamshire 🤩

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We’re building a railway to serve the needs of Britain for the next 100 years and beyond 🚆 HS2 will add vital capacity to the existing rail network creating thousands of extra seats and space for more local, commuter and freight services. Learn more:

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Hop on board the first completed tunnel on the HS2 project🤩! The Long Itchington Tunnel preserves the ancient woodland above and is a vital part of how we manage environmental impacts through the design of the railway. #WorldEngineeringDay

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Today, we are celebrating the world's longest box slide 🎉. The 12,600-tonne, Marston Box bridge slid a record, 165 metres into position over the M42 in #Warwickshire 😲. Find out more:

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Today marks the start of #construction across #HS2 with 22,000 new #jobs on the project, playing a major part in Britain’s economic recovery... with more big #contracts to come. Find out more:

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Today’s claims by @WildlifeTrusts are incorrect and based on unreliable data from limited desk research. #HS2 ’s data is independently verified, accurate and reliable from extensive, detailed surveys by expert ecologists out in the field, on huge areas of land.

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Construction of our Colne Valley Viaduct passes the halfway mark to becoming Britain's longest railway bridge 🤩. Each one of the 1,000 deck segments is uniquely shaped and enables the structure to gently curve to carry the railway over land and water. Watch now 👇

Construction of UK's longest railway bridge passes the half way mark

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4 years

MPs give the go-ahead for the next phase of #HS2 , accelerating it north. Building Phase 2a from #Birmingham to #Crewe also supports at least 5000 #jobs . Find out how it will benefit places like #Liverpool , #Manchester , #Preston , #Carlisle and #Glasgow .

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Florence, our first tunnelling machine, has broken through! 🤩 The enormous 2,000 tonne machine has completed its 10-mile journey under the #Chilterns , marking another huge milestone for the project 🎉. Learn more: #TBMBreakthrough #HS2

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We removed a 4,000 tonne two-span bridge over the M42 at the weekend. The planned 56 hour operation was completed 14 hours ahead of schedule 🎉 Read more here:

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FACTCHECK: Claims that HS2 won’t be carbon neutral for 120 years are wrong. This figure is nearly a decade out of date and did not take into account a huge amount of vital information. Beware accounts using this figure. MORE 👇

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New Video Alert 📣🎥 We've completed four huge piers for the 150-metre-long superstructure which will take high-speed trains🚄 in and out of #Birmingham 🤩. Nicknamed the “ #Bellingham Bridge”, it's designed to celebrate the area’s industrial heritage and make a striking

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Major boost for UK train-building as HS2’s state-of-the-art fleet of 225mph (360km/h) high speed trains will be built by Alstom and Hitachi Rail at their factories in County Durham, Derby and Crewe.

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Well, she’s not wrong…

Ailbhe Rea

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HS2 ISN'T ACTUALLY ABOUT SPEED IT'S ABOUT CAPACITY

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Today we celebrate our first #tunnelling breakthrough 🎉 🥳. Our giant 125m long tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Dorothy’ has broken through the wall of the reception box at the Long Itchington, South Portal site in #Warwickshire . Find out more:

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If only #Manchester had #HS2 today… You’d have been able to do it in one hour and 11 mins 🚄💨

City Xtra

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Pep Guardiola: "Coming from Manchester to London, it's like going to northern Europe. It's 4hrs 20mins to get to a hotel. It's so exhausting, I'm sorry." [via @spbajko ]

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Hop on board our one-mile-long tunnel. The 33-metre below-ground, Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire is the first completed tunnel on the HS2 project🤩. #StBarbarasDay #NationalTunnellingDay

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The choice is not HS2 or local rail upgrades. HS2 will be the largest upgrade to local services this country has seen in generations. The choice is clear: more people in low carbon rail or more people in cars and on planes. Learn more about how #HS2 helps:

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HS2’s budget is spread over 30 years and is less than current annual roads & rail budgets. We'll create 30% more habitat, help decarbonise public transport, better connect Midlands and Northern towns and support 500,000 jobs. Find out the facts and avoid misinformation. 1/10

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HS2 respects the right to peaceful, lawful protest. However, we must correct the incorrect and misleading information about the #HS2 project, such as false claims that entire woodlands are being destroyed. 1/13

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HS2 will impact just 0.29 sq km of ancient woodlands. Accounts claiming HS2 will destroy 108 woodlands are spreading misinformation and are entirely wrong. Their incorrect claims include woods such this one, which is over 3km away from HS2. That's the M6 motorway in between…

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HS2 trains will be powered by zero carbon energy, offering a cleaner alternative to long distance car journeys and domestic flights. Passengers will enjoy zero carbon journeys from day one of operation. This is just one part of our #NetZero Plan. Find out more:

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HS2’s longest and deepest tunnels will be driven from the 136 acre South Portal site. There will be two 10 mile long bores reaching 90m deep. They’ll carry HS2 trains under the Chiltern hills on their way to Birmingham, Scotland and the north of England.

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#HS2 ’s 225mph high-speed trains will be built by @AlstomUK and @HitachiRailENG . The joint venture will build a fleet of 54 trains at factories in County #Durham , #Derby and #Crewe , supporting 2,500 #jobs . Click for more news about the #trains :

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HS2 will provide an upgrade for the entire UK rail network and will improve your journey, even if you don’t use the high speed line. Find out more in this video:

HS2: Upgrading Britain's railways

Britain’s new high speed railway, High Speed 2, is a game changer for our rail network and will improve your journey, even if you don’t use our trains. Build...

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3 years

It’s a shame on #WorldCarFreeDay to see opposition to low carbon public transport that will get people out of vehicles and off domestic flights. #HS2 is helping combat climate change and there are Green Party members who agree like @Greens4HS2

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3 years

Named after nursing pioneer #FlorenceNightingale , our first tunnel boring machine has today started to dig a 10 mile #tunnel under the Chiltern hills, safeguarding woodland and wildlife habitats in the Chilterns AONB. Find out more about our TBMs here:

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Over 40% of the first phase of HS2 is already complete ✅ Our latest project update video highlights some major construction milestones we've achieved in the summer. Watch the full video here:

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The first completed section of Curzon 3 viaduct👇👀. Our trains will travel out of the west portal of the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel at Washwood Heath and onto a one mile stretch of 5 connected viaducts which are, Duddeston, Curzon 1, Curzon 2, Lawley Middleway and Curzon 3 -

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HS2 journey will emit 17 times less carbon than the equivalent domestic flight and 7 times less than a car journey. HS2’s Phase One construction and operation carbon footprint, over 120 years, will emit less carbon than the road network does in 1 month.

What is HS2

HS2 is Britain's new high-speed railway being built between London and the West Midlands. It will mean more trains and faster journeys.

www.hs2.org.uk

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📣 The installation of a new #HS2 bridge over the #M42 motorway is complete, approx. 36 hours ahead of schedule! 📣 Check out the amazing engineering feat here 👉 All lanes are now open on #M42 *IN BOTH DIRECTIONS* J10-J9 #Tamworth to #Curdworth .

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Here’s the first view of the tunnelling machine that will dig the Long Itchington Wood tunnel. It will excavate a twin bore tunnel under the #Warks wood. 60 workers are already preparing the site for it, including engineers and #apprentices : #PlanForJobs

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Oppose public transport? More cars and domestic flights? Slow the jobs led recovery? Stop the Midlands and North getting their first new railway for over 100 years? Hold back towns and cities getting a fairer playing field alongside London? We don’t think so. HS2: Green & Growth.

BBC News (UK)

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4 years

HS2: Could the pandemic kill off the rail project?

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#HS2 will provide a once in a generation upgrade for Britain’s #rail network, helping reduce carbon emissions and improving your #journey , even if you don’t use the high speed line. Find out more in this video:

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4 years

This morning HS2 legally removed 7 activists from land at Harvil Road. Most left voluntarily with 2 arrested. This is what they left:

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Revealed 👀! The designs for the 150-metre section of viaduct as part of the approach to #Birmingham ’s new Curzon Street Station, including a 25-metre-high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline. Find out more:

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Today, 10,000 miles of track serve a population of 68 million people 🛤️. When the last mainline to #London was completed in 1899, 20,000 miles of track served a population of around 40 million people. Victorian #Britain was better connected by rail than we are today. ...it's

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Siân Berry: “it’s bypassing city centres” FACT: HS2 will call at stations in the centre of London, Birmingham, Crewe, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds. HS2 will transform connectivity between our cities and towns, calling at over 25 stations and connecting around 30m people.

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New designs for the Water Orton Viaducts include green public spaces and a potential community orchard. This section of the #HS2 route is known as the Delta Junction and the viaducts will cross existing motorways, roads and paths. Find out more:

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HS2's new British-built, bullet style trains will travel at up to 225mph on both high-speed and existing railway lines. By moving fast, inter-city services onto our new lines, we’ll free up capacity on the current railway network for more local and regional passenger trains – and

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Bridges, bridges and more bridges 📸 🤩. Demolition of a bridge over the M42 📸. A 2,600 tonne bridge driven under the existing South #Staffordshire freight railway line 📸. A 5,600 tonne bridge moved under the Coventry to Leamington railway 📸. #HS2InPictures

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Worn-out #WindTurbine blades will be #recycled to reinforce concrete used to build #HS2 . Cut sections of glass fibre blades will substitute for steel, cutting by up to 90% the #carbon generated by concrete reinforcement. Find out about the pilot:

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HS2 will help cut the number of cars and lorries on our roads, cut demand for flights, and help fight climate change. Here are some of the facts behind the false information being spread by some groups online. 1/6

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Our longest viaduct has now made its way across the final set of lakes that span the #ColneValley as it makes it way towards completion later this year ✅. Stretching for more than 2 miles, the Colne Valley Viaduct will be almost a kilometre longer than the Forth Rail Bridge 😮.

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We've completed the Wendover Dean Viaduct deck slide 🤩 ✅. Over 8 months, the 3,700-tonne viaduct deck was slid almost half a kilometre uphill into position, it stretches for 450m and was assembled in three stages, ranging from 90m to 180m. Learn more:

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Reports that HS2’s budget has gone up are wholly inaccurate. Almost every part of life in the UK has been affected by the pandemic and #HS2 is no different. However, all COVID impacts to date will be managed within the existing budget. No extra money is required from Treasury.

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By creating more space for more trains, #HS2 will take hundreds of thousands of lorries off the roads every year as more #freight can move to #rail . This will make roads safer, improve air quality and help reduce #carbon emissions. #MoreFreightByRail

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Two of the UK’s biggest #infrastructure projects celebrated a joint milestone this week as a key bridge - that will carry direct rail services between #Oxford and #Cambridge - was lifted into position over the route of HS2 🚄.

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Final breakthrough for our longest tunnel 🤩🎉. Our second boring machine TBM 'Cecilia' digging under the Chiltern Hills broke through at the tunnel’s northern portal yesterday afternoon, completing a journey that began in June 2021! Learn more:

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64 miles of tunnels will be dug on the first phase of HS2, between #London & #Birmingham . 12 miles is already complete: ✅ Our first completed tunnel. ✅ Our 10-mile Chiltern tunnel being 50% complete. ✅ Our London TBM's making great progress. 👉

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Siân Berry: “attacking the ancient woodlands, going through sensitive landscapes” FACT: 43 of Britain’s 52,000 ancient woodlands will be affected by the HS2 route between London and Crewe, with 80% of the total area of these woodlands remaining intact and untouched by HS2.

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HS2 is the only shovel-ready project that will also deliver much needed new capacity on the West Coast, East Coast and Midland main lines too. Four railways for the price of one. Four lines with more seats and more trains, all contributing to our country's low carbon future.

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In May, our giant bridge-building machine began work on the longest viaduct on the outskirts of #London . The 700 tonne, launching girder will build a viaduct stretching for more than 2 miles. The #ColneValley Viaduct will also be the longest railway bridge in the UK. #HS2in2022

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The choice is not #HS2 or local #rail upgrades. HS2 will be the largest upgrade to local services this country has seen in generations. The choice is clear: more people in low carbon rail or more people in cars and on planes. Learn more:

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From 2018 to 2023 🤩! Before and after footage of our #OldOakCommon station. A total workforce of over 2,000 people 👷 are supporting the delivery of our 'super-hub' station, with the site itself welcoming around 1,000 workers each day. #London #Construction #Engineering

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A few shots of the #ColneValleyViaduct so far 📸! Over 500m of the viaduct – which will eventually stretch for more than two miles across a series of lakes and waterways outside Hillingdon – have been built using our enormous 700 tonne ‘bridge-building machine’🤩.

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We removed a 4,000-tonne two-span bridge over the M42 🚧. The whole job was completed sooner than anticipated, which meant the motorway could be reopened 14 hours ahead of schedule, shortening the closure to 42 hours. Watch now:

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By creating more space for more trains, #HS2 will take thousands of lorries off Britain’s roads every year as more #freight can move to #rail . This will help reduce #carbon emissions and improve air quality. #MoreFreightByRail Find out more:

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“HS2 is just 20 minutes quicker to #Birmingham ” is a well-trodden myth. #HS2 will transform the UK with the 3Cs: More CAPACITY across the country’s #rail network. A low CARBON #transport network. Better CONNECTIVITY in the #Midlands and #North .

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Siân Berry: “the excessive speed” FACT: The speed of HS2 is integral for the benefits the new railway will bring: providing much-needed rail capacity across the country and helping to improve connectivity in our towns and cities, create jobs and rebalance the UK economy.

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📣 TBM 'Lydia' breaks through into the Old Oak Common Station box, completing the Atlas Road Logistics tunnel🤩. The 853m tunnel will eventually allow materials required for the Euston Tunnel to be transported to the site without clogging up local roads. Learn more:

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Planning approval has been granted for the largest new-build #railway #station in the UK - #HS2 Old Oak Common Station. Building a new railway station on this scale and size will be an incredible achievement for #British #engineering . Find out more:

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We've received approval for HS2's Washwood Heath Depot where trains will be maintained, serviced and stored when not in use. 🚆 Situated near Birmingham, the depot has been designed to celebrate engineering and provide sustainable working. Find out more:

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Curzon Street Station will be the first brand new intercity #railway terminus built in #Britain since the 19th century. The station design will maximise the benefit of natural resources such as sunlight and water and have new public spaces surrounding it.

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We have been granted consent by Birmingham City Council for a 150-metre-long superstructure which will carry high speed trains into Curzon Street Station, including a 25-metre-high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline. Learn more:

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New designs for the Water Orton Viaducts include green public spaces and a potential community orchard. This section of the #HS2 route is known as the Delta Junction and the viaducts will cross existing motorways, roads and paths. Find out more:

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Curzon Street Station will be the first brand new intercity #railway terminus built in #Britain since the 19th century. The station design will maximise the benefit of natural resources such as sunlight and water and have new public spaces surrounding it.

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📣 Tunnel boring machine Emily has started her 3.4 mile dig under the capital 📣 She becomes the third TBM delivering the tunnels which HS2 trains will travel through under London. Find out more 👉

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Our Old Oak Common Station in #London is beginning to take shape. Around 1,500 people are currently working on the site, which when complete is set to be the best connected and largest new railway station ever built in the #UK 😲. #OldOakCommon

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HS2’s budget is spread over 30 years and is less than current annual roads & rail budgets. We'll create 30% more habitat, help decarbonise public transport, better connect Midlands and Northern towns and support 500,000 jobs. Find out the facts and avoid misinformation.

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Illegal protestors have assaulted our workforce in the past 24 hours. They have been targeted with bird scaring rockets, paint (damaging woodland soil that was to be translocated), human faeces and urine. This behaviour is unacceptable. 1/2

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By putting direct inter-city services on dedicated high speed lines, #HS2 will allow more #train services to run on 3 of the country’s most heavily congested rail routes; West Coast Main Line, East Coast Main Line and Midland Main Line (1/3)

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Giant piers completed for the superstructure which will take HS2 trains in and out of #Birmingham . The bridge is the tallest structure in the one-mile stretch of viaducts being built through the city’s industrial heartland. Learn more 🎥👉

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The choice is not HS2 or local rail upgrades. HS2 will be the largest upgrade to local services this country has seen in generations. The choice has always been simple: HS2 or more motorways and airport runways. Read the @NewStatesman :

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HS2 has undergone 10 years of public consultation, parliamentary scrutiny, line development and refinement. There are no credible alternatives to the scale of benefits of Hs2, with NR describing make do and mend alternatives to HS2 as “absurd".

Upgrading existing railways instead of building HS2 would cause 'absurd disruption' for passengers,...

Britain could effectively be left without a functioning intercity rail service at weekends for 15 years

www.independent.co.uk

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Our giant tunnel boring machines ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ reach Little Missenden 🎉. Passing four out of five ventilation and emergency access shafts, the two TBM's are more than three quarters of the way through their 10-mile drive under the #Chilterns . Find out more:

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HS2's cuttings and embankments are designed to withstand heavy rainfall caused by climate change, reducing #landslips and ensuring safety during flash floods, meaning less disruption and better journeys for passengers. 🌪️🌳🚄 #HS2 #SafetyFirst #WCML #Euston #Birmingham Learn

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We're building 140 miles of new track on HS2 – Britain’s new industrial feat. The high-speed line will provide more track and more trains to better connect people and businesses. Find out how we’re making Britain’s biggest build a reality in our Construction Review document:

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Did you know HS2 is engineered to be the most climate-resilient railway in the UK? Our future-proofed and dedicated line will provide a reliable alternative for passengers when extreme weather hits the network. 🌪️⛈️🚄 #HS2 #RailResilience

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16,000 construction workers, engineers, architects and designers will build the first phase of #HS2 - with thousands more jobs in the supply chain. They’ll build the 134 mile London to Birmingham route with cutting edge construction techniques. Learn more:

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#HS2 has installed the first permanent structure for Britain’s new, low carbon, high speed #railway in under 2 days and ahead of schedule. HS2 will bring the #WestMidlands within an hour’s commute of Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, York and London. More:

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Our Victorian railways 🛤️ have carried us through history 🕰️, but it's time for an upgrade. Investing in new, cutting-edge rail lines like HS2 🚄 is the key to meeting the demands of today and paving the way for the next 100 years. Find out more:

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Today we celebrate our second tunnel breakthrough on the project📢 🤩! It’s only taken four months for the 2,000 tonne TBM to complete its one-mile second bore, making this the first complete twin-bore tunnel on the project. Learn more: #TBMbreakthrough

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Our giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) 'Dorothy' has reached the halfway point of her second tunnel drive under Long Itchington Wood in #Warwickshire 😲. Congratulations 🎉 to the tunnelling team who have been working around the clock in shifts to achieve this milestone!

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The choice is not #HS2 or local #rail upgrades. HS2 will be the largest #capacity upgrade to local services this country has seen in generations. The choice is clear: more people in #LowCarbon rail or more people in cars and on planes. Learn more:

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Network Rail has said only HS2 can deliver desperately-needed extra rail capacity. The West Coast, East Coast and Midland mainlines are effectively full and upgrading them would not deliver the same extra seating or journey times as HS2. 1/3

Axing HS2 would lead to 30 years of delays, Network Rail warns

Abandoning HS2 would force rail bosses to launch upgrades on other lines to tackle overcrowding, causing 'significant' disruption to weekend services, according to Network Rail.

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Over the weekend, our engineers completed the final operation to move two railway viaducts into place over the M42/M6 link roads in North #Warwickshire 🎉, making them the first viaduct structures to be built at Delta Junction ✅. Find out more:

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3 years

#HS2 is being built to withstand extreme weather events and be climate resilient. 🚄Faster 🕓Frequent ✅More reliable #London #Euston to #Glasgow will be 49 minutes quicker, while emitting much less carbon than a conventional train. #COP26 #ClimateChange

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We have successfully completed a 185-metre bridge 🎉🤩. The colossal structure is 185 metres in length, 19.5 metres in width and 13.9 metres in height – constructed using 7,200 cubic metres of concrete and 1,800 tonnes of steel 👇.

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This week we'd like to share these fantastic shots 📸 👀. TBM Cecilia breaking through at the Chiltern Tunnel North Portal 📷. A section of the Westbury Viaduct being pushed into place 📷. A couple of V-shaped piers at our Curzon Street Station site 📷. #HS2InPictures

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@HS2ltd

1 year

Here's what Birmingham Curzon Street Station will look like in the future 👀🤩. The heart of the high-speed rail network in the #WestMidlands , Curzon Street Station will be one of the most environmentally-friendly stations in the world 🌎. Learn more:

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@HS2ltd

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By putting direct inter-city passenger services on dedicated high-speed lines, #HS2 will enable #MoreFreightByRail on the existing #railway . This will benefit consumers, the #economy and the #environment , as every freight train removes up to 76 lorries from our roads.

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