The triangular Delta Junction is made up of 13 viaducts. This section of the railway enables high speed trains to travel between London, Interchange Station in Solihull and Birmingham Curzon Street Station.
More than 8.7 miles (14km) of track will run through this network, crossing over highways, streets, conventional rail lines and rivers. This includes the M6, M6 toll and M42.
The M42/M6 link viaducts – the two parallel viaducts that cross these roads – were the first Delta Junction structures to be installed, with the final of four viaduct deck pushes completed in September 2024.
Around 3,000 deck segments for the Delta Junction are being produced at HS2’s nearby purpose-built factory near Lea Marston. The segments and other materials are transported to site using haul roads to reduce HS2’s impacts on local roads.
HS2’s landscape architects and engineers from Systra and Mott MacDonald, working closely with architects Weston Williamson + Partners, have developed plans for connected and accessible areas that will include tree planting and new wildlife habitats around the Delta Junction viaducts.
Our goal for the landscape design is to tie the viaduct structures into the local landscape and create opportunities to enhance it. This includes improved connections through the Delta Junction area, which will be developed with new paths and cycle routes set within a nature rich corridor.
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Best Delta Junction video I've seen so far!
what I like is seeing the parts that get little coverage _ the area around Coleshill Manor/ Birmingham Rd _ had a bit now but still behind the area from Hams Hall _ although the height of the columns there will be fascinating to see as the segments get added _ good to see around Gilson to _ bit with a lot of work remaining there _ excellent piece 👍
see hs2 are releasing a video of area around A38 crossing @ Litchfield _ think you only YouTuber that had done footage from there _ see activity on the A5 crossing to _ early works yes _ but work is happening after a break & @ Marston box bridge _ extending at each end _
any plans to refilm around Washwood Heath up to Lawley middleway _ as now Network Rail have just finished track realignments around Dudderstone junction _
nice piece if video
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Marvelous!…and not a politician in site!
00:00 Looking south towards the B4114 Birmingham Road with Manor Drive in the foreground, the realigned Manor Drive can be seen under construction to the right
00:10 Coleshill No. 3 Embankment
00:23 B4114 Birmingham Road Underbridge (I think this is a temporary bridge for the viaduct segments)
00:28 Coleshill East and West Viaducts
01:05 Looking north now towards the M42/M6 Toll with Manor Drive in the foreground, the realigned Manor Drive and foundations for the New River Cole Overridge can be seen under construction to the left
01:10 We are probably seeing piles going in for the Birmingham Spur Diveunder here
01:15 Coleshill No. 4 Embankment, River Cole West Viaduct on the left
01:18 River Cole East Viaduct to the left
01:23 M42 Coleshill South Viaduct
01:30 M42 Coleshill Box Structure
01:45 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct
01:50 B4117 Gilson Road being realigned to around the Gilson Embankment and between the piers of the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct
02:06 Footpath M62 Overbridge
02:20 Gilson Cutting
02:37 Lichfield Road Embankment
02:42 Chattle Hill Box Structure, piers for the Water Orton Viaducts to the left
02:52 Watton House East and West Viaducts
03:03 (L-R) Piers for the Water Orton No. 2/3 Viaduct, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct (2 regular piers, 3 pairs of piers for the straddle bents), the Watton House Embankment will carry the main line between the straddle bent piers. In the foreground is the abutment where the Watton House Viaducts join the embankment
03:10 Piers for the River Tame West Viaduct
03:17 (L-R) Piers for the Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (left pier will carry 2 tracks, deck on the right will carry 1), tall piers for the Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct
03:22 I think these are the straddle bents beams that will go on the 3 pairs of piers on the left here, we can also see a few piers for the River Tame East Viaduct to the right of the other piers
03:32 Curdworth Viaduct and Box Structure, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct is rising up to its taller piers between the 2 River Tame Viaducts
03:53 Faraday Avenue Embankment
North Spur
05:06 Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct on the left and Water Orton No. 3 Viaduct on the right
05:18 M42/M6 Toll
05:35 Marsh Lane Embankment
05:45 M42-M6 Motorway Link East Viaduct in the top left
06:05 Attleboro Flyover
06:30 Attleboro Retaining Walls and Attleboro Lane Overbridge
Birmingham Spur
07:00 Attleboro Farm Embankment
07:16 M42-M6 Motorway Link East and West Viaducts
07:45 Green Lane Embankment
08:10 M42 Coleshill North Viaduct
08:45 Close up of M42-M6 Motorway Link East and West Viaducts
09:38 (L-R) M42 Coleshill Box Structure, M42 Coleshill South Viaduct, River Cole Viaducts