HS2's first Curzon Viaduct pier completed as work ramps up in Birmingham city centre site 

Meanwhile, the wages of the person who typed this is being paid for by you, the taxpayer. Just another unnecessary waste of money from a Government who think money grows on a magic tree in their back garden.

When will it be fully complete?

The only critisisms I have of HS2 are the politicians at hand, what are yours'?

They do - check out Geoff Marshall and Gareth Dennis on YT

You can't really have loads of vloggers going around a construction site like this.

I know right? This is a once in a generation project. I'm excited about seeing more Infrastructure.

At £300 million per mile it should be impressive.

@@johnturner4400 But that is the cost of not only building a brand new railway but of taking care of the environment, using far more tunnels (bored and green) than others would use, reducing its impact on people and regenerating old woodlands and habitats.

I am impressed by the waste of money and destruction of the countryside.

@@1chish most of the money is just filling rich peoples pockets lmao

They're going to need lights at the very least to prevent it becoming Birmingham's biggest mugging site...

vandals break things, if you're that bothered by artwork, feel free to go out washing it off

Graffiti isn't artwork

@@anarcho-pingu lol grow up

@@matzk0840 tagging isn't artwork but murals are inner city escapism

if by pace you mean 10+ years to put up one V.

​@@Drink182Yeah & they're scrapping it all now, aren't they !! What incompetence !!

@@vanman757 No they are not scrapping it now.

Signs of reaching Birmingham, this construction site is n the heart of Birmingham City Center

Heard the latest update, they're scrapping it !!! 🤬

@@vanman757 Since when !!

They're scrapping it now pal !! So, let the haters hate that one, hey ?! 😂

@@vanman757 its alright they still got to pay the workers you aint even got a decent job🤣

They're scrapping it now after ripping up the countryside !! So, both sides have lost now ?!

Yeah, go Britain 🇬🇧 They're scrapping it now mate !!! 😠😡🤬

Nah pal, the Tories lied as they always do. They even cut off the route to Leeds! Bastards, lot of 'em. I know how you feel, I'm Scottish too.

@@Darth_Revan25 I feel if the project is a sucess, even if not as long as intented, the likleyhood of extention increases. Im not blaming the tories personally as In my experience all major new infrastructure projects end up over budget and under-complete somehow.

Why should a as you Scottish may describe it, an ENGLISH Railway line be built into Scotland let the SNP pay for it. When you lot start to stop bleating on about independence may be the as you lot put English Government could do something for Scotland.

@@peterwilliamallen1063 I dont like the SNP either mate.

HS2 was never going to Scotland.

The whole of Birmingham City centre looks like it has been nuked. It has been like that for at least 6 years. I live in the suburbs and HATE going into the city. Bloody roadworks and building everywhere, for several years.

​@@debbiecurtis4021 I live in the centre, the current eyesores are Dale End, Smithfield, and the whole Eastside area around Moor Street and Curzon. Thankfully, all of these have extensive masterplans for redevelopment. What doesn't help is having huge sites razed such as the 'New Monaco' site on Bristol St and then nothing ever gets built there despite planning being approved for the same scheme again and again. I just really wish BCC/TfWM would pull their fingers out and actually build a proper tram network to our suburbs. Trams to: Bournville via Edgbaston Cricket Ground & Selly Oak Sutton town centre via Villa Park, Kingstanding and Sutton Park Castle Vale via Star City & The Fort NEC/Airport via St. Andrews, Small Heath and Yardley Sounds like a lot, but we're in a big city far too focused on the car. The greater our tram network and the more people using it, the more viable it'll become to actually build a proper underground system like Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, London etc.

@@debbiecurtis4021 So when was the last time you were in Birmingham as you have no idea what it looks like now, it is a rebuilt, cosmopolitan modern City and has been finished aground 3 years ago. So you say you live in the suburbs, so do I and I totally disagree with your comment on Birmingham.

@@debbiecurtis4021 Whole of Birmingham City Center does not look like it has been as you put it nuked, The City Center is a shopping/Office district and fully built up with no building sites, the only place where building work is taking place in a large amount is on the site od Curzon Street Station and the old Whole sale Markey in Digbeth

@@debbiecurtis4021 How do you come to that conclusion, it is only the HS2 site, the old Smithfield Market area and a couple of new hi rise buildings going up, the rest of the City is totally rebuilt.

Taxpayer funded, has to be milked for allit will give. Would not be bad if there were some benefits but the whole scheme is to get the elite into work faster.

They're too busy down the dole office mate..

I go to BCU right outside the construction site and yes there are a lot of English people working there :)

Journey times are not the main benefit of hs2

It will cost no more than the normal train service between Birmingham and London and will save 40 mins each way on the present time.

How can HS2 be scrapped when the construction of the line is so far advanced, and it will knock 40 mins of the journey time from Birmingham to London each way not 15 mins and leave the white elephants out of it, the animal rescue people do not know they exist.

@@peterwilliamallen1063 no train in this country will ever run that fast everyday and to think otherwise is completely naive my friend. That's the first white elephant and wow big deal 40 mins quicker if and when it happens. Who is going to use service? I can meet with my customers and clients over a video call. No I think 150 to 200 billion is criminal and anyone who thinks it's justified must be on drugs

@@tonyubr Well tonybur you need to catch up on HS2 facts from the official website as to start with your first question; Question 1/ No train in this country will ever run that fast every day; Answer Q1/ Well yes it will on HS2, the line speed is being set at 250mph and HS2 trains from Stafford and Birmingham Curzon Street to London Euston on the new HS2 line will travel between 225 and 250 mph and that is fact and has been quoted by the builders HS2 limited with brand new bullet trains being built to operate this line, from Stafford to Manchester and Scotland they will operate at 125 mph Question 2/ Wow big deal save 40 mins on the journey; Answer Q2/ well when at present it takes 90 mins from Birmingham New Street to London Euston and on HS2 it will take 50 mins there is a big difference between a journey of one and half hours to a journey time of 50 mins or less which saves 40 mins in each direction, so for a round trip from Birmingham to London on a day round trip you will save 80mins giving you extra time in London; Question 3/ Who is going to use this service; Answer Q3/ The passengers that will use HS2 services will be every one who at present uses the existing WCML services from the North and Birmingham into London Euston, this are business people, day trippers to London and general passengers, how will this happen, well the incubent operator of the existing WCML Avanti West Coast Trains services into London Euston will operate both the WCML route and HS2 route and 95% of high speed services that now operate on the existing WCML will be diverted on to the HS2 route. So you can meet customers on video call, big deal since this has happened it take 3 hours to contact a business by phone because people like your self working from home are not working at all, so as the Government is trying to do now that Covid is finished every one will be back in the office, and the services on HS2 will be operated by Avanti West Coast Trains with their partners Trenitalia who operate equivalent High Speed train services in Italy and into Paris, so do you research on this subject before stating that I am Naive that HS2 is a White Elephant what ever that is or any one is on drugs.

@@tonyubr You point is noted and to some extent, yes, video calls will replace some journeys. It's not the speed, it's the freeing up of the whole network feeding the West Coast line for freight to move from road to rail. The media have done a wonderful job of focusing the minds of the public on the speed (a lot have been brainwashed by Clarkson and co. of course). If this dammed line had been built in the 80's or even If dare say it the re-opening of the central line (proposed in the 90's and even got to 2nd reading status before ditching early this century), we would not have this massive burden of cost rises. As HS2 looked like a reality more and more people got on the gravy train to interfere, lobby for expensive tunnels, bought up parcels of land and old buildings for the eventual compensation. And of course the never ending knockers of anything and everything rail from the massive road lobby that still has a stranglehold over the Dept of Transport, have delayed this project. When this opens most people will see the benefits, not just high speed travelers, you wait, you might even be converted !!!

I hope they have saved all the before pictures for when they have to put everything back to the way it was, Should invest in the track we already have instead of another white elephant just look at London Stadium.

Them ….lol and I know I’m right ..

Every body can afford to use the HS2 trains, the reason is that from Birmingham alone HS2 will be the main route for high speed trains to London and the North

Didnt see any women doing any of the dirty work. Still no final idea of the cost.

Same as GCSE English, hmm?

Why was it out of touch? Because she's (clearly) not from UK? I have nothing against her being the speaker. But it does niggle me a bit that nearly all of these YT updates are spoken by non UK Nationals. You would expect our own engineers to be represented somewhere. I presume there are UK Nationals in positions of responsibility on the HS2 project, and I would have thought them more suitable for speaking to a predominantly English-speaking audience.

I'm partially deaf and could understand every word. Perhaps you need to go and get your ears checked.

@@DavidKnowles0 foxtrot Oscar

"I'm not racist but...", the official motto of closet racists.

@@pimpdaddyflash9077 foxtrot Oscar

So why is HS2 a Joke, what is a joke is all the Motorway building and rebuilding into smart motorways, now they are a joke

Well if you ever travel from London to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool or Scotland well I am afraid when HS2 open's you wont have much choice about using HS2 services as that is the only route on the west coast you will be able use

Best city in England

@@daranphilipson1025 come on man... seriously?

@@OnTheRailwayOfficial Seriously, after Birmingham, it’s Newcastle then Liverpool.

@@daranphilipson1025 I think London is better tho

@@OnTheRailwayOfficial London City or Greater London? Westminster City is better than London City. London is a great place but too expensive, too many people, can never feel relaxed in London.

Your money? You don't get a discount on your taxes if projects like don't happen.

It's been going ahead for years now.

This and everything else! Non plused tbh.....

Well it is....🙂

In what way is building a modern strategic railway line to create fast and carbon-free alternatives to road and air a 'nonsense'? Do you even know why it is being built?

@@chris8405 Well said! 👍 These idiots just want to complain about everything...the price of progress I guess...