| Christmas Working Hours for HS2 Contractors Align & SCS HS2 Main Contractor Align, who have built the Colne Valley Viaduct in LBH, have provided details of their Christmas 2025 Working Hours: All Align Sites will close at midday on Tuesday 23/12/25 and will re-open on Monday 05/01/26 Security & some daily maintenance activities will be in place at Sites during these times HS2 Main Contractor SCS, who operate the Sites in Hillingdon from the East Side of Harvil Road towards London, have provided details of their Christmas 2025 Working Hours: All SCS Sites will close on Wednesday 24/12/25 and Sites will re-open on Monday 05/01/26 SCS Offices will reopen on Fri 02/01/26 Security & some daily maintenance activities will be in place at Sites during these times The HS2 Helpdesk is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year by: Freephone: 08081 434 434 | Minicom: 08081 456 472 | Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk |
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HS2 event May 15
from HS2
We would like to invite you to a community drop in event.
• Date: Thursday 15 May 2025
• Time: 4pm to 7.30pm
• Venue: Ickenham Village Hall, 33 Swakeleys Road, Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8DG
Our engagement team and technical specialists will be available to update you and answer your questions on the following areas:
• Construction of Headhouse at West Ruislip
• Update on Tunnelling progress
We will use drone footage of HS2 sites in the area to show how construction is progressing.
For further details please follow this link. https://www.hs2.org.uk/events/hs2-scs-community-event-ickenham-village-hall/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=bac77dec-f629-4c9c-9ed8-9a9554bb0000
HS2 tunnel demobilisation
We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out in your area.
Tunnelling from West Ruislip to Greenford will be completed by March 2025, and works are underway to remove tunnelling support structures inside and outside the tunnels. The demobilisation and removal works will be carried out for the following:
• The conveyor structure
• The launch chamber entrance
• Rail siding
• Gantry cranes and segment yard
• Conveyor bridges
Estimated Start Date
03/03/2025
Estimated End Date
31/07/2025 more details https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FINAL-AWN-West-Ruislip-Portal-site-demob-works-update-Feb-2025.pdf
Latest HS2 updates
New HS2 Community Event – Tue 25/02 between 4pm to 7.30pm at Ruislip Rugby Club
There will be a joint Drop-In Event held by both Main Contractors in Hillingdon, SCS and Align, to be held on Tuesday 25/02/25 at Ruislip Rugby Club:
Date: Tuesday 25/02/25
The Event will be open to the public between 4pm to 7.30pm
Venue: Ruislip Rugby Club, West End Road, Ruislip, HA4 6DR
This is a Drop-In style Event so residents can come at anytime that suits them. There is Car Parking at the venue.
New Harvil Road – Affinity Water Connection – Footway and Bellmouth Closure from Wed 26/02 until Sun 09/03
There will be works to connect the Headhouse Fire Main Connection off Harvil Road to the Affinity Water Main which will mean a small section of the Footway and a Bellmouth access are closed between Wed 26/02 until Sun 09/03.
• Traffic Management = Footway & Bellmouth Closure, Narrow Lane – carriageway width maintained at 6.9 metres
• Works will be carried out during Core Working Hours but Traffic Management in place 24/7
• No traffic impacts to users of Harvil Road with 2-way traffic flow maintained at all times
HS2 Q&A event Feb 25
| FROM HS2 We would like to invite you to a community drop in event. Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025 Time: 4pm to 7.30pm Venue: Ruislip Rugby Football Club, West End Rd, Ruislip HA4 6DR Our Engagement team and technical specialists will be available to update you and answer your questions on the following areas: Tunnelling demobilisation – upcoming activities as tunnelling works near completion Noise barrier construction from Copthall Tunnel to the West Ruislip Portal Upcoming works around Breakspear Road South site We will use drone footage of both SCS and Align sites to show how construction is progressing. For further details please follow this link. https://www.hs2.org.uk/events/hs2-scs-drop-in-ruislip-rugby-football-club/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=a5a48928-d26f-4902-849b-f3c814181266 |
Latest HS2 updates – including today
| Skip Lane Road Closure (junction with Harvil Road) – Sat 01/02 between 3pm to 4pm (1hour duration) HS2/SCS have asked for a 1 hour Road Closure of Skip Lane on Saturday 01/02 between 3pm to 4pm to replace some damaged flexible bollards in the middle of the carriageway The Road Closure affects only traffic that would use Skip Lane so Harvil Road will not be impacted in any way. Night Time Road Closures of Harvil Road at New Chiltern Line Bridge – 6 Nights a Week from Midnight to 5am – Mon 17/02 to Mon 17/03 HS2/SCS previously undertook Night Time Road Closures of Harvil Road on 4 consecutive Saturday Nights from Sat 23/11/24 until Sat 14/12/24 to survey the Butt Welds underneath the new Chiltern Line Bridge over Harvil Road. Following these initial surveys of the Bridge the manufacturer has identified a further 170 surveys are required to be carried out on the Bridge, and due to the need for possession of the Railway underneath the Bridge in order to carry out the works, these works can only be done at Night time between the hours of Midnight and 5am (apart from Friday Nights during which no Railway possessions are allowed). Due to quality assurance issues at the point of fabrication, the manufacturer is required to check the Welds which were completed at fabrication. Please note these are Butt Welds to the haunch brackets, and do not form part of the structural integrity of the Bridge so there is no concern with keeping the Bridge open outside of these times and carrying traffic across Harvil Road. To enable these Bridge surveys to be carried out as soon as is possible, HS2/SCS have agreed with LBH that they can close Harvil Road 6 Nights a Week between Midnight and 5am over a 4 Week Period from Mon 17/02 to Mon 17/03. The Road will be Closed from Skip Lane junction to The Dogs Trust |
Latest HS2 updates
Breakspear Rd South – Road Closure under Railway Bridge for Culvert Replacement – Sat 05/04/25 to Sun 27/04/25 (3 Week Road Closure)
Following on from the Trial Holes under a 2 Week Road Closure from 29/07/24 to 11/08/24 HS2/SCS have finalised their design for the new Culvert to be installed near to the Chiltern Line Bridge on Breakspear Road South.
There will need to be a final Road Closure of 3 Weeks in duration to install the new Culvert and following talks between LBH and HS2/SCS it has been agreed that these works will now take place at Easter 2025. With a Road Closure of this length of time whenever it is programmed in will result in traffic disruption on local roads but LBH will work with HS2/SCS to minimise this as much as is possible.
Schedule of works:
• Sat 05/04/25 to Sun 27/04/25 = 3 Week Road Closure (which would be the 2 weeks of the School Holidays plus 1 week afterwards)
• LBH School Easter Holidays = start Fri 04/04/25 – back to School on Tue 22/04/25
• Good Friday = 18/04/25 / Easter Sunday = 20/04/25 / Easter Monday = 21/04/25
With the School Holidays taking place from 04/04/25 to 22/04/25 the only works taking place outside of the School Holiday period would be the final week from Tue 22/04/25 to Sun 27/04/25 (4 normal School days plus Saturday & Sunday).
HS2 earthworks near BRS
We’re writing to update you about earthworks currently taking place at our site on Breakspear Road South.
HS2 Works Notification: Earthworks at the site on Breakspear Road South to be completed by 31 March 2025
We wrote to you in June about works for the retained embankments construction at our site on Breakspear Road South from 17 June to 31 December 2024.
These works have been delayed in part due to the recent exceptionally wet weather. We expect to complete the works by 31 March 2025.
We expect these works will create some noise due to the use of ground compaction equipment and excavator activities. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way, and we will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
For further details please follow this link.https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/update-on-earthworks-at-the-site-on-breakspear-road-south/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=ddc96b5f-2512-41c4-8fe8-723ba9123077 You can find out more about what is happening in your area using the In Your Area pages of the HS2 website. You can also view a map of your area, which includes any planned works in your area and a HS2 route map.
HS2 Christmas working hours
| Christmas Working Hours on HS2 Sites in Hillingdon HS2 sites in Hillingdon will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period, including both HS2 Contractors SCS and Align. The sites will be closed from Friday, December 22, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2, 2024 map on the link below https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S2-Worksites-christmas-big.pdf |
HS2 tunnelling updates
We expect Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Sushila to complete her tunnelling journey from West Ruislip to the Green Park Way Vent Shaft on 13 December. This milestone marks the completion of part of the tunnel construction of the new HS2 line linking Euston to Birmingham. We expect TBM Caroline to reach the Green Park Way site in March 2025.
Removal of the conveyor structure – 2 January to July 2025
We will begin dismantling and removing the conveyor structures by crane from within the West Ruislip Portal entrance from 2 January until July 2025.
From 2 January to 2 February 2025 we will work 24 hours, seven days a week. To avoid overnight disturbance, we will carry out metal cutting and concrete breaking works from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturdays and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. We will place acoustic blankets fixed to Heras fencing around the concrete breaking area to reduce the noise.
We do not expect any additional noise because the conveyor, support operations and machinery movements carried out to run TBM Sushila’s downline tunnelling operations will have stopped. When TBM Caroline completes tunnelling, we will repeat the removal of the conveyor structures which have been supporting the upline tunnelling operations. We will update you regularly as the works progress from now until July 2025.
Construction will continue over the Christmas period on the cross passage at our ventilation shaft in Northolt, which will be supported by vehicle movements at the West Ruislip Portal
Concrete cutting and removal works within the tunnel – 27 to 31 December 2024
While TBM Caroline stops tunnelling over the Christmas break, we will remove the temporary concrete tunnel floor inside the entrance, install drainage and then replace with the permanent concrete tunnel floor.
These works will take place on 27, 28, 30 and 31 December between 8am and 6pm, and on 29 December between 10am to 5pm.
We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way.
Please follow this link to download a copy of the notification.https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/west-ruislip-portal-tunnelling-update/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=09be7c2c-0504-4469-86c5-4228e3110f4b
Ickenham Residents' Association 