AUGUST 25 saw the first of an estimated 15,000 trains delivering construction materials to Birmingham for Phase 1 of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project.
Aggregate from Hind low, near Buxton in Derbyshire, is being transported to HS2's new handling facility at Washwood Heath in Birmingham by GB Railfreight.
Up to 1 O million tonnes of aggregates is expected to be moved by rail over the next decade, with more traffic due to be generated by the removal of waste material from tunnels and cuttings, cement and concrete traffic and other construction materials.
Piling
Ten trains per week will each bring around 1,500 tonnes of aggregate supplied by Rail Stone Supplies (RSS) to Washwood Heath to construct a large piling platform for HS2's Bromford tunnel approaches, embankments, and internal roads around the site.