HS2 unveils the 'beating heart of HS2 in London' at its London logistics hub

摘要

HS2 has revealed the colossal logistics operation that is taking place at HS2's logistics hub near Willesden Junction. The 30-acre site will be the beating heart of the logistics operation for HS2 in London, and will be where earth from the 26 miles of tunnel will be processed and critical construction materials, such as pre-cast tunnel segment rings, will be delivered. The hub has been constructed and will be operated by HS2's Main Works Civils Contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV). The construction of HS2's London tunnels will require 5.6million tonnes of earth to be excavated. After being processed at the site near Willesden Junction, it will be taken by train to three locations across the UK - Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire - where it will put to beneficial reuse, filling voids which will then be used as a basis for redevelopment, such as house building.