First look inside pioneering HS2 'green tunnel' in Chipping Warden

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2 жыл бұрын

This short video takes you behind the hoardings to get an inside look at HS2's first pioneering 'green tunnel', which is being constructed in Chipping Warden, Northants.
The tunnel is being built in sections, with a team of engineers working together in sequence to excavate the earth, lay the concrete floor, install the pre-cast elements that form the tunnel structure and prepare the trackbed within the tunnel, on which the high-speed HS2 trains will run at speeds of up to 225mph.
Unlike a normal underground tunnel, the 2.5km (1.5 mile) Chipping Warden Green Tunnel in Northamptonshire is being built on the surface using a pioneering off-site manufacturing approach to speed up construction and improve efficiency.
A relief road, which was completed in summer 2021, has helped to take HS2 vehicles - and other local traffic - away from the centre of the village of Chipping Warden.
Construction of the tunnel, designed to blend the high speed railway into the landscape and reduce disruption for communities, is expected to be complete in 2024.
Chipping Warden is one of five ‘green tunnels’ that are being built on phase one of the HS2 project, which is designed to improve links between London, Birmingham and the north, help level-up the economy and provide a low carbon alternative to car and air travel.
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@86wellacre 2 жыл бұрын

People don’t understand how much this is needed. Especially for the environment, it will take some car travel off roads hopefully improving them also.

@xr6lad 2 жыл бұрын

No it won’t. Those that travel by train do so now. Those that travel by car will continue to do so for the sheer convenience of door to door and stopping. I love HS2 but I honestly wish Transit nerds understood why people use cars. Plus for HS2 to work it needs to travel at high speeds and therefore stop at fewer places otherwise the high speed effect is lost; making it less likely to be used by those in towns in between.

@daviddearden6372 2 жыл бұрын

@@xr6lad The main environmental benefit of HS2 is that it will take high speed intercity services off the East and West Coast main lines. With the high speed trains out of the way it will clear more paths for the slower freight and commuter stopping services. This means more freight by rail and less trucks on the road.

@shaun__3 2 жыл бұрын

@@xr6lad More commuter trains into close cities as the existing lines are freed up. This allows people who make

@Themasterboilerman 2 жыл бұрын

This is the biggest waste of money, time, effort, land and resources this country has ever known. People should be ashamed of their involvement in it.

@procrastination_productions 2 жыл бұрын

For example: 36 minute time saving from EaSt MiDlAnDs HuB. And a 42 minute transit time from Nottingham to the “hub” using the intended route, the tram.

@1chish 2 жыл бұрын

When people complain about the cost THIS is why HS2 is more expensive than other projects. We care for the environment and the countryside and local communities as much as is possible with a massive project like this. Other countries (like China and France) would just bulldoze a cutting and tough on everyone.

@CRIMSONANT1 2 жыл бұрын

"Care for the countryside & the environment"? The whole project is an environmental disaster of epic proportions .. HS2 Ltd have already incurred multiple fines for breaches of environmental issues. They've broken promise after promise relating to the environment from day one. Hundreds of trees planted along the route in Warwickshire all perished because of a lack of aftercare. Waterways polluted, hedgerows full of nesting birds destroyed in seconds. The list goes on & on. Excellent news that the Eastern leg & the Golbourne link have been scrapped & fingers crossed the rest of this monstrous vanity project never sees the light of day. The biggest White Elephant this country has ever seen & in a post Brexit, post Covid society, the proposed passenger numbers could NEVER be achieved. HS2 are stating that to "break even" with a subsidy of 50/60%, they need almost 600,000 passengers travelling between London & B'ham DAILY Given that the average number on that route is 96,000, even the most enthusiastic HS2 fan boy can see those figures are totally unattainable.

@TigruArdavi 2 жыл бұрын

China for sure but France has similar regulations concerning environment, communities and people like all advanced countries. Is this just a ludicrous attempt to insult the French? Seriously one can't compare France to China.

@1chish 2 жыл бұрын

@@TigruArdavi Calm down ..... Where was I comparing France to China? I just said that neither would go to the lengths HS2 has as regards doing infrastructure like this. The comparison was with HS2 not with each other. maybe try to read more carefully? I can assure you that France has a very different attitude to the UK. The planning process is nothing like as long or consultative. In fact the French take the attitude of "Your house is worth X take it or leave it because its coming down". Their priority is the National benefit rather than other matters to which i referred. I will happily relate how I know this but your inference was utterly banal and ignorant.

@xr6lad 2 жыл бұрын

They are called tunnels my dear; they have existed in Britain since trains commenced. It’s not like this is new.

@davidty2006 2 жыл бұрын

@@xr6lad Yeah tunnels have existed since someone wanted to build a railway THROUGH a hill.

@shaun__3 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic British engineering at work.

@iwasborn8470 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@jethromay 2 жыл бұрын

Loving these videos.

@IainHC1 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work guys 🙂

@thesoupdragon112 Жыл бұрын

A fine balancing act between important infrastructure and maintaining natural green spaces must be a logistical nightmare.

@shaunwest3612 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing 👍

@havingalook2 2 жыл бұрын

Modern-day cut n cover!!! Well done.

@uthumborn 2 жыл бұрын

Will ASLEF be running this when it opens

@davidty2006 2 жыл бұрын

At the start proberbly. Since getting avanti's trains onto HS 2 out the way of the WCML would be good.

@EdgyNumber1 2 жыл бұрын

If you mean, will they be driving on this route, then yes.

@thesoupdragon112 Жыл бұрын

Not without a 25% payrise 😉

@antonbarnacle779 Жыл бұрын

No mention of it going wrong and no progress since, in fact the opposite parts taken down. And great for chipping warden but no mention of wardington.

@alexmonsheimer5328 Жыл бұрын

The pin joints are the most important thing I see a collapse coming just like the one at Heathrow because the concrete is shit

@chriss7930 Жыл бұрын

And think of the extra cost now all those big machines are running on white diesel instead of red !!

@chriss7930 Жыл бұрын

So what's with green tunnel ? I'm getting sick of people abusing the green colour

@dmdigital_minerdirectlyoni3744 Жыл бұрын

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@thepvporg 2 жыл бұрын

Tree roots have a habit of getting into places that they are not wanted and I can see that the tunnel is going to need works to stabilise it as tree roots make their way through cracks in the construction sections as they seek out water.

@jiecut 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a reasonable concern. From some research, tree roots don't actually grow that deep. Frequently a maximum depth of 2m.

@TigruArdavi 2 жыл бұрын

Sure, as if the best engineers in the UK didn't give the slightest thought to a well known thing.🤦‍♂

@TigruArdavi 2 жыл бұрын

@@jiecut that depends very much on the species of tree

@davidty2006 2 жыл бұрын

That is why theres such thing as maintenance. Knowing railways they will probs get a dedicated inspection train to monitor the tunnel and track condition overtime.

@noahbowie5985 2 жыл бұрын

the fact that Southern tory communities are having bespoke escape roads built whilst the North is left to deal with awful half arsed solutions like the insanely inadequate new piccadilly station

@xr6lad 2 жыл бұрын

🍟 on shoulder time is it?

@DavidKnowles0 Жыл бұрын

@@xr6lad He has a valid point, a ridiculous amount of money being spent in locations where it didn't have to spent, why locations where it should be spent such as Manchester new station and Euston are have their costs constantly cut and the project their scaled down.

@jasonking6892 Жыл бұрын

Pity the Rest of the UK 🇬🇧 especially the NHS isn't run like this .. Go Figure

@dmdigital_minerdirectlyoni3744 Жыл бұрын

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@SA-zoom1 2 жыл бұрын

Shame with so many people now having zoom meetings as a normal way of conducting work, seems like a waste of time and money.

@TigruArdavi 2 жыл бұрын

Why is always this stupid argument brought forward?🤦‍♂ As if HS2 was only intended for office people or desk workers. Even desk workers need to travel at times, many professions are not a desk job and can only be done on-site and people need to travel therefore, and a great part of mobility is leisure based. People travel to meet friends and relatives, go on holiday or just visit other cities and places and attend events. There is a high and growing demand for mobility, and except maybe for a bunch of retarded hippies, no one wants to go back to the middle ages when you spent your whole life in one village. To meet that demand as sustainbable as possible, rail infrastructure needs to be ramped up massivly in th UK.

@Inkyminkyzizwoz 2 жыл бұрын

People said the same thing when the telephone was invented

@bigglesace1626 2 жыл бұрын

How much time will it shave off the journey between say, Birmingham and London? How much will tickets cost? Who's going to be able to afford to travel on this? If it saves 30 minutes - or 45 minutes, or whatever, it doesn't justify the enormous cost of this thing. Just because we can build something like this doesn't mean we should. The only way this makes sense is when you factor in the policy that 'personal transport is so last century', and the New Normal will be reduced access to air travel, city to city. Fewer private cars will mean public transport needs to be improved. Ordinary folk won't be able to afford to travel on this, the vast sums would be better spent just improving, for example the east - west rail link up north. Never mind, we'll own nowt and be happy, lol.

@Inkyminkyzizwoz 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigglesace1626 If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times, it ISN'T just about speeding up journey tines, it's about increasing CAPACITY! We have ALREADY TRIED upgrading the existing line and it is FULL - the only option is to build a new one, and if that means spending a bit of money then so be it!

@bigglesace1626 2 жыл бұрын

@@Inkyminkyzizwoz Wow, thanks for the reply!

@briantwigger9364 2 жыл бұрын

100% of tax payer’s paying for it with 99% never being able to afford or need to use it in the end 🤔🤦‍♂️

@DavidKnowles0 Жыл бұрын

99% of the population does use most of the infrastructure we all help pay for.

@James-qd8jl Жыл бұрын

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@EdgyNumber1 2 жыл бұрын

I can hardly call 'cut and cover' to be 'green.'

@James-qd8jl Жыл бұрын

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@xr6lad 2 жыл бұрын

Stick the words ‘green, environmental or sustainable’ into anything or on any plan and you’ll convince the gullible millennial of anything!

@davidwebb4904 2 жыл бұрын

Why are you charging the tax payers 10x the market rate for this job?

@Inkyminkyzizwoz 2 жыл бұрын

Why are you just plucking random figures out of the air?

@davidwebb4904 2 жыл бұрын

@@Inkyminkyzizwoz because I have done research into actual costs. Its the $1,000 hammer, $20,000 toilet seat…..

@1chish 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidwebb4904 Errr ... David ... err... forgive me but here in the UK we use the Pound Sterling not the Dollar? As noted by £10 not $10. Again forgive my asking but are you sure your 'research' has been as thorough as it maybe should have been? Of course even if we were buying US bog seats I am pretty sure the buying power of HS2 would not be paying $20,000 ...... Basically David you are a bit of a muppet aren't you?

@1chish 2 жыл бұрын

@@Inkyminkyzizwoz Its what these planks do. They can't even use the right currency.

@iwasborn8470 2 жыл бұрын

@@1chish It's the Americans trying to take down the UK's infanstructure projects because they can’t get their own.