HS2 Construction - Birmingham Curzon Street Viaduct 3 and station site

From HS2:

Birmingham Curzon Street Station, which will be net zero carbon in operation, will be the first brand new intercity terminus station built in Britain since the 19th Century

Sitting at the heart of the high-speed rail network, it will give people more choice about where they live, work and play.

The station itself will be net zero carbon in operation and adopt the latest eco-friendly design and sustainable technologies, including capturing rainwater and utilising sustainable power generation, with over 2,800m2 of solar panels located on platform canopies.

[davidmahan]

This nice old building is the old Curzon Street railway station building, built in 1838 and closed in 1966. Which is precisely why it still stands.

[simoncroft]

Excellent video, great to have a commentary! Very professional flying too!

[peterlee]

That nice old building is the former Curzon Street railway station entrance and offices etc. HS2 propose to refurbish it and incorporate it in some way into the new terminus station for the railway. The big bare patch around the old building is where the new station will go. What they are doing at present is building the viaducts incoming to the station - the line branches into several near the canal to allow trains into the various platforms.

[laurencec]

Thank you so much for this video, I live and work nearby to the site and it's so hard to get a decent vantage point so it's great to see the full extent like this! :)

[Pesmog]

it is easy to see how the viaduct divides up into the seven platforms before entering the station site. Thx.

[henryharesdene]

Wonderful views....
Good shots of my favourites - the canals! nineteent century mixe in with 21st century developments (what a pity we son't have an oportunity to view from our botat...

[mittfh]

Meanwhile, the large metal structure perpendicular to the route of the line between Lawley Middleway (the dual carriageway) and the canal will be the bridge over the Middleway - when complete, they'll close the roads and use specialist transporters to drive it off site, down the road and lift it onto the piers either side.

[RitaFarrow]

would there be more off those v shape plinths to put into the ground, you would think they would be getting on with it

[simoncroft]

Great progress on the approach viaducts, but of the “most eco friendly station” - hardly a sign😳

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[PeterUnwin-hi]

Yes note the bullring in the distance lol. Taxi so any time gained lost. Should have gone to New Street/ grand central as they like to call it now.