How long will HS2 take from Nottingham to London?

HS2 is coming to Nottinghamshire The new 42 mile high-speed line is expected to cut journey times between Birmingham and Nottingham from 74 minutes to 26 minutes, and from London to Nottingham from 92 minutes to 57 minutes (26 minutes faster than under HS2's original plans).



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HS2 services These will become 'integrated high speed stations', where passengers can catch HS2 trains and access the high speed network to the south. With two services every hour in each direction, journey times between Liverpool and London will be over 40 minutes quicker, at just over one and a half hours.

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Journeys between Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston will take just one hour and 11 minutes on HS2, 54 minutes quicker than today's fastest time by rail.

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HS2 does not anticipate being the fastest network once it is up and running. Indeed, Japan has already test-run a new bullet train, powered by electrically charged magnets, which reached an incredible 603km per hour.

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The government previously said HS2 would cut Birmingham to London journey times from one hour 21 minutes, to 52 minutes.

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HS2 trains will serve the current station in York. It will become an 'integrated high speed station', where passengers can catch HS2 trains and access the high speed network to the south. There will be up to three trains an hour to London, and the journey time to Birmingham will be cut in half.

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A joint bid from Hitachi and Alstom has won the contract for a long-awaited, $2.6 billion order for the fleet of trains to operate on Britain's new HS2 high speed line. The 54 eight-car electric trainsets, designed to routinely operate at 225 mph, are being described as the “fastest trains in Europe.”

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While most Shinkansen currently operate at a maximum of 300 kph (186 mph), the E5 “Bullet Trains” of Japan Railways East (JR East) run at up to 320 kph (200 mph) on the Tohoku Shinkansen, which runs north from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori.

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Trenitalia's Paris to Milan route was first introduced in December 2021, serviced by Hitachi Rail's ETR1000. This super high speed train travels at 300km/h - with the ability to go400km/h if not limited by track regulations - making it the fastest train in Europe.

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The maximum speed currently possible in the UK is 186mph, achieved by Eurostar trains on the HS1 line between London and the Channel Tunnel. The HS1 line is used by Eurostar services and Javelin commuter services from Kent, although the latter have a max speed of 140mph.

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The plans for HS2 trains to reach Sheffield mean a trip to or from London will take one hour 27 minutes – the same as under the old HS2 plans, and half an hour faster than now.

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HS2's British-built, bullet-style trains will also be able to continue on to the existing network, and will serve major towns and cities in the North West and Scotland, including Liverpool, Preston and Glasgow.

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The 2.1 mile (3.4km) Colne Valley Viaduct will be 100m longer than Dundee's Tay Bridge, which currently holds the title.

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The Colne Valley Viaduct is a bridge, under construction as of 2023, which will carry the High Speed 2 railway over the Colne Valley Regional Park and the Grand Union Canal, in Hillingdon, west London.

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How deep is HS2? It will be bored using tunnel boring machines (TBMs) launched from the western portal, near Old Oak Common Station. The tunnel will be 7.2km (4.5 miles) long, and at its deepest point, will run 50m (160ft) below ground.

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