HS2 Construction - Bromford Tunnel Eastern Portal (Water Orton, near Birmingham)  - 2023-01-02

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Footage taken on 2nd January 2023.

The Eastern Portal of the Bromford Tunnel is alongside the M6 motorway, between Castle Bromwich and Water Orton.

HS2's Delta (triangle) junction will be just south of Water Orton.

Location maps:
http://www.thehs2.com/phase1/maps/twe...
https://www.hs2.org.uk/in-your-area/m...

The tunnel will take the Birmingham branch of HS2 into the Curzon Street terminus.  The Western Portal will emerge at Washwood Heath.

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) will bore a tunnel with a length of 5.7km (3.54 miles).  The location of the Eastern Portal has changed from the original plan, as the tunnel was initially envisaged with a length of 2.8km (1.74 miles).

HS2 fly-through of the area (showing the original location of the Eastern Portal, before the tunnel design was lengthened):
HS2 fly through of the Phase One rout...

Links from HS2 Ltd:
https://www.hs2.org.uk/building-hs2/t...
https://www.hs2.org.uk/building-hs2/t...
https://hs2inwarwicks.commonplace.is/...

Other links:
https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/hs2-see...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sp...
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/thread...

See also:
HS2 Construction - Water Orton - 2021-12-31
HS2 Construction - Water Orton - 2021...

The full 'set' of videos on this YouTube channel:
@markthrushton


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