HS2 Construction - Birmingham Curzon Street Viaduct 3 and station site

Drone footage of the construction 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.

[Jarradjhon]

ABSOLUTLEY VERY GOOD PROSSES MR NORHENER FANASTIC CONSTRUCTION UNBELEVEBLE WHATA MAJOR SUCCSESS AY THATS THE MAIN I VERY ENJOY THIS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MAJUR AND MAIN PRIORITY HS&E BEST OF THE BEST 100%
THANK YOU HS2 FOR THIS EXPIRENCE YOU HAVE PROVITED IN THIS VIDIO

[Carlos-imhn]

excellent details, views and progress from the top and bottom, thank you.

[mazybee]

This is very good views, thank you. I hope these new developments really transforms Birmingham as it needs it 🙏

[peterg.crosby]

Very informative thanks for doing this, 😊

[Martello--]

Hello, New subscriber here. Just saying loving the quality drone filming showing so much progress. Thank you for doing this, its an engineering (rail) masterpiece. Many people say getting from birmingham to a london suburb and back a little quicker is a waste of cash.
Crossrail (now elizabeth line) and Hs1 kent line are new. What needs to be considered is the commercial activity around the new railway permanent way . flats in skyscrapers with commercial shops or & hotels in same building. Seen it all on hs1 and elizabeth line.
With elizabeth line and Hs1 a question ? to all. How many residential properties have been constructed adjacent to train stations. As a clue its 1 million+ & more in construction.
All the time.
Sorry got carried away on the purple line to eathrow..h

[JP_TaVeryMuch]

Thanks for this footage. The long lingering shots are sthg of a rarity in today's Get in, get content, get out, get it posted and get revenue as quickly as you can world.

As for the now traditional tidal wave of vitriol, I had a blinding realisation:
There's nothing new under the sun. If You Tube had existed when Euston was being built, the very same litany of complaints would've been on it:
Too much money,
Too much destruction,
Too far from the centre,
Too little gain for too much pain.

I'm not in any way saying that it's covered in glory, but like all new infrastructure, give it time for the wounds to heal and then assess it.

[rinkydinkmcruk]

HS2 without Manchester is completely pointless

[jonathanwilliams]

So much disussed industrial land behind Curzon Station. I honestly think that this HS2 project in Birmingham shouldve been used to completly remodel transport and infrastructure in the city and wider region.

[timcarnell]

I love the juxtaposition of the 18th century BCN, 19th century railways, 20th century roads and the 21st century HS2. I wonder what’s next ?

[daranphilipson]

I wish you had flown over the grounds works although it doesn’t seem like a lot going on they are working every day on the ground works, it would be good to see the changes over time.

[gjyyrkq]

seems like it is drastically changing now the few months. But I do wonder, how long will this actually take? Would there be any more delays like we already have had

[mikewilson]

I was down there last saturday morning, doing still photography. Nobody about so i just wondered in. How (where) did you down to the canal ?
Excellent video btw, The quality from your drone is superb.

[philjones]

Shinkansen line 1483 miles HS2 121 miles

[PeterUnwin-hi]

Note "Birmingham city centre in the distance" Taxi 😂

[boblovell]

Does this city have a wilding policy . Can't visualise the finished product but concrete jungle comes to mind.

[DS-foed]

All to get to Birmingham 20 minutes faster. Anyone in their right mind is trying to escape this hell hole of a city. Ahh well, at least it's jobs for the boys and big profits for the multinationals.

[QALibrary]

I still can not understand why they did not connect this station up with WCML and other train services & lines at this point - it is like a train station in the middle of nowhere - this could become a white elephant due to the lack of connections and further travel and add to it it is not an easy switch between other Birmingham stations to this station.

Sorry about the rant but great video as always and thank you for sharing

[adrianpeters]

At aprox.7.43min what is that brown bricked up derelict building still there for, effing well knock the victorian? Piece of crap down please, oh and the rest of birminghamstan....

[John-hwc]

Hopefully theh will be driverless trains so they cannot hold the people to ransom

[stuartsinclair]

What a waste of tax payers money, just for 15/20mins quicker….
Billions wasted, who will up keep this project who will fund it…. Yes the tax payer, I didn’t want this I didn’t agree to this…..
Shut down the whole project