High Speed Rail (HS2)

Phil Taylor

HS2 construction is gathering pace. As of May 2019 a lot of preparation work has already been undertaken; including ground investigations and the start of diverting two main gas mains at Harvil road.

There has been a further delay in the proposed start of the main construction activities, until the end of 2019. Based on the early works so far, we can expect enormous disruption in the area.

Many meetings are happening between HS2 Ltd and representatives of local residents, but HS2 are not very responsive to the feedback and concerns that are presented to them.

You can read the reports of our interactions with HS2 here.

We expect more news and details on public meetings later this year in the near future.

Some key links:

HS2 helpline (although it is not good at present and you will need to chase up)
Email:
Phone: 08081 434 434
Local Hillingdon HS2 website (you can register for email updates on works in this area on this site): https://hs2inhillingdon.commonplace.is/

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Breakspear Road South road closure during Easter school holidays

From 5 to 27 April 2025, Breakspear Road South will be fully closed from south of the Network Rail bridge to the area north of the HS2 Bridge. A diversion route will be in place via Swakeleys Road B467/ High Road B466/ Ickenham Road/ High Street/ Bury Street A4180/ Breakspear Road. Local access to residential […]

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HS2 Breakspear Road South road closures in October

HS2 have announced planned road closures on Breakspear Road South from 17th to 24th October 2022, between 8pm and 5am. This is to facilitate the building of a new bridge across the road, next to the existing Chiltern Line bridge. Diversions will be signposted. The part of Breakspear Road South that will be inaccessible is […]

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HS2 Tunnel Boring Starts – September 2022

Anyone who has been past West Ruislip, Breakspear Road South or Harvil Road in the last few months will have seen the huge destruction of our countryside due to the construction of the HS2 railway. The next stage of the project will have started by the time you read this – the launch of the […]

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Petition to Halt HS2 work

Over the last couple of years we have seen the extensive destruction and disruption that HS2 has inflicted on our local neighbourhood, including huge amounts of the wildlife and tree loss.  This is just the start of the programme, which will get very much worse over the next few years.  Chris Packham has started a […]

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Recent HS2 interactions

A group of local residents have been continuing their activities in pressurising HS2 to minimise the damage that will be done to the local community in the coming years. The links below go to the monthly reports of activities. Activities in December 2020. Activities in November 2020. Activities in October 2020. Activities in September 2020. […]

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