Thanks for the update. Amazing to see Mother nature taking over as the twin-track railway formation merges back into the countryside and the scar fades... As a side request; would it be possible to survey and record(for posterity) the current diverted Kenilworth Greenway where it runs south of the old line, out in open country parallel to "The Cut" during the construction phase - please? Unlikely to find a crane, just the odd horse!
another good piece _ definitely see changes along the section _ look forward to the next installment _ any chance of a flight over Ballsall Common towards Hampton in Arden?
@@mikekwarner It's become a Mon-Fri, 9 to 5 operation, with quarterly build targets that have to be met before more £££s are released. It's stuff like viaducts over motorways, etc, that see weekend work. The tunnel construction is the only 24/7 operation. If you happen to venture to the North of the county in the not so distant future, there will be a railhead built at the Kingsbury compound to ferry concrete sleepers to the track laying phase. At present, it's producing bespoke bridge sections for the Birmingham area but will switch when these are complete.
What a huge waste of money just to get somebody to Birmingham 35mins earlier. Tearing up thousands of acres of our countryside just to fill some unknowns back pocket.
Getting to Birmingham faster is a benefit of HS2 but, even in its curtailed form it will also reduce journey times from London to Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow plus intermediate destinations. However, its main purpose is to increase capacity on the existing network for both freight and passenger traffic. That will allow goods traffic to be removed from roads onto a far less carbon intensive form of transport. As for the thousands of acres of countryside being torn up, HS2 is no wider than the smallest dual two lane motorway. Much of the earthworks you can see are temporary and will become new grassland, woodland and aquatic habitat. HS2 is by far the most environmentally aware major infrastructure project ever constructed in the UK - hence its high price.
Wow, that's looking pretty complete along most of the section. Some nice greening up going on as well..
Thanks for the update. Amazing to see Mother nature taking over as the twin-track railway formation merges back into the countryside and the scar fades... As a side request; would it be possible to survey and record(for posterity) the current diverted Kenilworth Greenway where it runs south of the old line, out in open country parallel to "The Cut" during the construction phase - please? Unlikely to find a crane, just the odd horse!
another good piece _ definitely see changes along the section _ look forward to the next installment _ any chance of a flight over Ballsall Common towards Hampton in Arden?
@@Michael-61-n3l it's a little tricky for me to survey prior to the flight to ensure there are no tall cranes en-route.
Not complete but no activity?
@@RalphFreeman-ok5of it was filmed on Sunday. I try to film on a Sunday to avoid interfering with any ongoing work.
@@mikekwarner It's become a Mon-Fri, 9 to 5 operation, with quarterly build targets that have to be met before more £££s are released. It's stuff like viaducts over motorways, etc, that see weekend work. The tunnel construction is the only 24/7 operation. If you happen to venture to the North of the county in the not so distant future, there will be a railhead built at the Kingsbury compound to ferry concrete sleepers to the track laying phase. At present, it's producing bespoke bridge sections for the Birmingham area but will switch when these are complete.
00:00 Looking northwest along the Crackley Road Cutting
00:15 Bridleway W164 Overbridge (site)
00:37 Crackley Wood Embankment & Culvert
00:57 Roughknowles Wood Cutting
01:30 Crackley Lane Overbridge
02:30 Broadwells Wood Embankment
03:50 Footpath W168 Underpass
04:53 Bockenden Cutting
05:27 Burton Green Tunnel
@@isaac.raskin impressive - thanks!
What a huge waste of money just to get somebody to Birmingham 35mins earlier. Tearing up thousands of acres of our countryside just to fill some unknowns back pocket.
Getting to Birmingham faster is a benefit of HS2 but, even in its curtailed form it will also reduce journey times from London to Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow plus intermediate destinations. However, its main purpose is to increase capacity on the existing network for both freight and passenger traffic. That will allow goods traffic to be removed from roads onto a far less carbon intensive form of transport.
As for the thousands of acres of countryside being torn up, HS2 is no wider than the smallest dual two lane motorway. Much of the earthworks you can see are temporary and will become new grassland, woodland and aquatic habitat. HS2 is by far the most environmentally aware major infrastructure project ever constructed in the UK - hence its high price.