black and decker boy Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 56 minutes ago, class26 said: They are presently building a bridge over the M42 near Brum yes and have been there a very long time doing prep (my regional office is 300m from the site). They were not on site in Aylesbury in March. I build bridges (and roads) for a living so know you cannot pop up and build a bridge in 3 months so am curious as to what it is that was seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Neighbour said that trees all cut down scaffolding up start of concrete work , its as you go towards H/Wycombe were the new houses are being built on the old hotel site and behind the goat farm. Thought that the road was being cut in two maybe its the baseworks for this. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted June 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2020 7 hours ago, class26 said: They are presently building a bridge over the M42 near Brum Presume you mean this one? https://www.insidermedia.com/news/north-east/county-durham-firm-produces-girders-for-hs2-project First of many.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class26 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 24 minutes ago, Davexoc said: Presume you mean this one? https://www.insidermedia.com/news/north-east/county-durham-firm-produces-girders-for-hs2-project First of many.... Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) Work is really getting underway in the Chilterns. If the video link below doesn’t play, click on “Louisa Currie” and scroll down her page to find it. Edited June 10, 2020 by Ron Ron Ron 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2020 Nice to see some progress is being made, now that the legal wrangling is out of the way. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Ron Ron Ron said: Work is really getting underway in the Chilterns. Do you know where is this 1st photo taken? (or source?) thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Looking at the amount of chalk it could onwards from Missenden tunnel mouths. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 The photo looked a little suspect to me - quality of the image, as well as the landrover and dumpers looked too old and there's worker in the background that doesn't have much hi vis on.... Turns out it is one from the Chunnel project: https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/chunnel/ 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, m0rris said: The photo looked a little suspect to me - quality of the image, as well as the landrover and dumpers looked too old and there's worker in the background that doesn't have much hi vis on.... Turns out it is one from the Chunnel project: https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/chunnel/ Indeed, direct copy of CTRL site picture: https://www.railway-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/chunnel3.jpg Edited June 11, 2020 by melmerby 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I admit that this has me a little confused: what is the point of someone having posted that, and reckoning it's HS2? Not pointing the finger, just wondering what's to be gained? The video looked suspect too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mcowgill Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 The video's fine, it matches images that HS2 have posted on social media today Martin 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, black and decker boy said: Do you know where is this 1st photo taken? (or source?) thanks My fault. That photo was included in some twitter feed I found a link to, along with photos of the West Hyde south portal construction site. It is indeed a photo of HS1 construction. Genuine HS2 photos here, showing the portal site... More here.... https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/south-portal-tunnel-progress?page=1&advancedSearch=False . Edited June 11, 2020 by Ron Ron Ron 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Shows how much I recognise my local area ,goes back to maps foe retraining! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2020 21 minutes ago, lmsforever said: Shows how much I recognise my local area ,goes back to maps foe retraining! Not easy once the topsoil has been removed and the ground re-graded. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 HS2 West Ruislip site 20 May 2020: 11 June 2020: 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 To compare and contrast, both with a train in view: 2013 Autumn 12/6/2020, bit hazy, alas: 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 This update could shed some light of the bridge sighting in Aylesbury https://hs2inbucksandoxfordshire.commonplace.is/news/2020/06/15/utility-works-commencing-in-stoke-mandeville-on-22nd-june 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) [Includes an Edit: 15th July.] Here is an aerial view of the first M42 bridge, construction site, close to the NEC car parks (seen to the right). This bridge will carry a new dual carriageway across the M42, as part of a new layout of major roads in the vicinity of the new HS2 Interchange station. The bridge piers are almost complete and the bridge span can be seen being assembled, adjacent to the motorway. The site of the Birmingham Interchange HS2 station lies beyond and the HS2 rail bridge will be built just off to the bottom left. Video taken a couple of days ago. Edited July 15, 2020 by Ron Ron Ron 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2020 I managed to line up a Google Earth image to show what it was like before work started NEC Northway bottom right M42 heading north bottom left A446/A452 junction in the centre Shows how close the NEC is. https://goo.gl/maps/cWHY1ftAReiBNkuBA 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 18, 2020 Those are good to see. Some real signs of progress. Jamie 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Yes, it's remarkable how much of the route has already been marked out or cleared already (if I have understood what the images are showing?). 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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