A protest placard marks the spot where a new HS2 rail bridge is proposed at the village of Middleton in Staffordshire in January 2012. Getty Images
An artist's impression of an early visualisation of an HS2 train. PA
The first of the two tunnel boring machines run by HS2 Ltd begins work on the project in October 2022 in Ruislip, west London. Getty Images
Workers help bore tunnels. Getty Images
The HS2 rail Curzon Street Station construction site in Birmingham in October 2022. Reuters
The 2,000-tonne tunnel boring machine nicknamed Dorothy completes a one-mile dig under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire in July 2022. PA
Vegetation and trees have been removed, and empty homes such as this one that was bought under compulsory purchase, lie empty having made way for HS2 tracks. Getty Images
Environmental protesters lock themselves together at a Stop HS2 camp at Euston Square Gardens, London, in February 2021. Getty Images
Construction workers continue work on the entrance to the HS2 Chiltern tunnels in December 2020 in Rickmansworth. Getty Images
Land is cleared along the planned HS2 route, near Leamington Spa. Getty Images
HS2 protesters are removed by police in Jones Hill Wood in October 2020 in Great Missenden. Getty Images
An environmental activist hangs from a bamboo structure at a protest calling for an end to infrastructure work for the proposed HS2 route in October 2020 in Denham. Getty Images
A protester sits in a hammock between trees near Euston Station in London in October 2020. Getty Images
Then-prime minister Boris Johnson on a visit to Curzon Street Station in Birmingham in February 2020. Getty Images
Protesters dressed as otters demonstrate against HS2 near Parliament in London in November 2013. Getty Images
A protest placard marks the spot where a new HS2 rail bridge is proposed at the village of Middleton in Staffordshire in January 2012. Getty Images
An artist's impression of an early visualisation of an HS2 train. PA
The first of the two tunnel boring machines run by HS2 Ltd begins work on the project in October 2022 in Ruislip, west London. Getty Images
Workers help bore tunnels. Getty Images
The HS2 rail Curzon Street Station construction site in Birmingham in October 2022. Reuters
The 2,000-tonne tunnel boring machine nicknamed Dorothy completes a one-mile dig under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire in July 2022. PA
Vegetation and trees have been removed, and empty homes such as this one that was bought under compulsory purchase, lie empty having made way for HS2 tracks. Getty Images
Environmental protesters lock themselves together at a Stop HS2 camp at Euston Square Gardens, London, in February 2021. Getty Images
Construction workers continue work on the entrance to the HS2 Chiltern tunnels in December 2020 in Rickmansworth. Getty Images
Land is cleared along the planned HS2 route, near Leamington Spa. Getty Images
HS2 protesters are removed by police in Jones Hill Wood in October 2020 in Great Missenden. Getty Images
An environmental activist hangs from a bamboo structure at a protest calling for an end to infrastructure work for the proposed HS2 route in October 2020 in Denham. Getty Images
A protester sits in a hammock between trees near Euston Station in London in October 2020. Getty Images
Then-prime minister Boris Johnson on a visit to Curzon Street Station in Birmingham in February 2020. Getty Images
Protesters dressed as otters demonstrate against HS2 near Parliament in London in November 2013. Getty Images
A protest placard marks the spot where a new HS2 rail bridge is proposed at the village of Middleton in Staffordshire in January 2012. Getty Images
