Major hs2 bridges completed in the midlands

CHRIS HOWE charts the progress of HS2 work to the north of Birmingham

PHILIP HAIGH examines two reports that lay bare why the mega-project has gone so wrong… and considers if anything can be done to get it back on track

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DAVID STUBBINGS takes a cab ride on a DB Cargo cement train from the Peak District to Cemex’s Dallam Freight Depot at Warrington

While it is relatively simple to re-purpose former stations, sheds and signal boxes into something else, other legacy structures are a bit more complicated. Just what do you do with a redundant railway bridge, for example? Steam Railway takes a look at a few notable examples to find out.