What year will HS2 be completed?

Under current plans, HS2 trains would carry their first passengers between Old Oak Common and Birmingham, between 2029 and 2033. The stretches of line to Crewe and then to Manchester are due by 2034 and 2041. Euston station would be ready when the full line opens.



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The new high-speed railway line will be constructed from London to the West Midlands, where it will re-join the existing West Coast Mainline, whilst serving four brand new stations: London Euston, Old Oak Common, Interchange and Birmingham Curzon Street.

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High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages.

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The landmark contracts – worth an initial £2bn – will see the JV design, build and maintain a fleet of 54 state-of-the-art high-speed trains that will operate on HS2. They are the first trains in the world to achieve the British Standards Institute's PAS 2080 global accreditation.

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In fact, the only high speed network with a top speed similar to HS2's is in China, where trains can reach 350km per hour – still less than HS2's 360.

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How much will tickets cost? There is likely to be a premium of between 20 and 33 per cent for using the fast service. That would in theory push the cost of a London-Manchester Anytime ticket from £180 to £240 at 2020 prices, which works out at 6p per second.

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HS2 will be delayed by another two years and major roadbuilding schemes will be mothballed, ministers have confirmed, after soaring inflation added billions to the cost of transport infrastructure projects.

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We are already committed to using zero carbon electricity to power HS2 trains, which will be some of the quietest and fastest in the world. Reliable, long-distance train travel between the North, the Midlands and the South East will be emission-free.

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The high-speed rail will provide the greenest, safest and most efficient form of transport. Although the cost was said to be over 100bn the investment will provide a major boost to business and the economy; the faster rail inks will help reduce the north-south divide and overcome the externalities of car use.

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HS2 was originally envisaged to operate more trains an hour and higher speeds than any comparable high-speed line elsewhere in the world. It has been estimated that this pushed up costs by about 10 per cent.

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In March, the Government announced that the construction of part of HS2 would be delayed by two years to save money. At the time of writing, the only confirmed part of the route will be the Old Oak Common terminus to Birmingham.

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As there are currently five per hour, off-peak, that will mean 20 trains per hour – or one every three minutes.

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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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HS2 currently has five TBMs in the ground, with a further five due to be launched over the coming years. Together they will create 64 miles (103 kilometres) of tunnel between London and the West Midlands including major tunnels on the approaches to London and Birmingham.

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High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd is a non-departmental public body, wholly funded by the Secretary of State for Transport and sponsored by the Department for Transport. The HS2 project is one of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the UK.

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BRITAIN'S new HS2 high-speed trains will do away with traditional standard and first-class travel in favour of carriages offering different “ambiences”.

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The HS2 rail line will provide significant extra capacity for passengers and freight within the UK and to continental Europe, along with other significant predicted national and local economic benefits that will come from sharing some of the South East's wealth.

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As of February 2022, the most expensive rail infrastructure project was the High Speed 2 Rail Link (HS2) in the United Kingdom with a project value of 86 billion U.S. dollars.

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