No doubt you will have seen that the High Speed Two (HS2) rail system project has recently been given the go-ahead by the British government.
This new rail line is intended to revolutionise high-speed transport in Britain, reducing travel times between our major cities of London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. View a map of the rail system here. Millions of journeys normally taken by road and air could be taken instead by high-speed rail, benefiting the environment as well as the British traveller.
New general secretary Steve Murphy said: “The development of high speed rail will provide a vital shot in the arm to the whole country especially regions which have suffered from under investment for decades.
“The project will create thousands of construction jobs initially while the line is being built and in the long term as these vital improvements in infrastructure will encourage future investment opportunities.”
In this post we’d like to begin exploring the implications of HS2 on the UK Engineering industry. No doubt this will be a topic we continue to explore as the project develops.
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