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How anyone can like this waste of land on an island as small as ours is beyond me.

I am concerned to see enormous mountains of earth along the route here. They may be cuttings, but wait a minute, to clear the M42 slip roads by overhead viaduct, the whole section has to be raised above ground. So, not cuttings. They may be embankments, but wait, the plans and sections showed viaducts throughout. So not embankments. But maybe, yes, as a cost saving exercise you see, the viaducts were substituted. Oh I hope not. What an ugly intrusion, removing the through views that the virgin landscape permitted before the works began. And so, by degrees, HS2 looks increasingly like a series of bad planning decisions from the mid twentieth century

Nice work Paul. Congratulations on the 1000 Subs

Excellent idea to put a map at the beginning.

Good footage. It's peak mess and disruption on the ground atm but hopefully there should be significant progress in another 6 to 12 months. Those viaduct machines move pretty well once they get going, as seen in the Colne valley.

Putting the delta junction right on top of the m6 m42 corridor, the busiest area of motorway in the country outside a couple of bits of the m25. They couldn't have caused more inconvenience if they tried. I'm dreading the impact of the motorway closures when they have to span 10 lanes of the m42. I'll be glad when it's done.

Thankyou.

I hate to pint this out Roy but this is not the result, it’s part of the process that’s leads to a result. Stay tuned.

Thanks to Paul for this excellent video. Interesting how the HS2 site is just a mudbath in places but in others you can see the completed formation emerging.

Wow, that was a surprising 180 degree turn and twenty mile jump from Welsh Road to Greatworth! I feel sure that those trees at the edge of Halse Copse on top of the cutting won't be staying, sad to say. We can of course console ourselves that this railway will be an enormous benefit to the region, particularly Thorpe Mandeville! I note the permanent destruction of the watercourse crossed at 9.12. HS2 will have to answer for that

So much devastation for so little result!

Remind me just how wide is the railway?

I have never know so much destruction of the countryside

Great video good drone work .

All well and good but still doesn't get around the existing bottlenecks of Colwich Junction, Shugborough Tunnel and Stafford. Phase 2a is pretty much essential for the full capacity benefits of HS2 to realised. The decision to scrap phase 2a was nothing short of ludicrous as it was by far the easiest section to build with no major topographical challenges to overcome thereby being the cheapest section. Absolutely it has been eye wateringly expensive to build but this is a very long term investment in the country's infrastructure so over its lifespan, both directly and indirectly, it will pay for itself. Of course all alternative suggestions are welcome for scrutiny.

200 years ago, viaducts were considered ugly....now we look at them as things of beauty......this looks lots of hard work and it should have just been built on columns.

Nothing but a monstrous blot on the landscape & a complete & utter waste of billions of pounds. HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century.

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

Marvelous!...and not a politician in site!

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 RUclipsr 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 👏

Best Delta Junction video I've seen so far!

what a wast of farm land

What a disgusting and unsightly scar through some beautiful countryside. The gentle accompanying music is a complete juxtaposition to what I see in the video.

Next year as we start to see the sites being tidied up and landscaping start, concrete base for the track installed, it will really start to come together. An we start to see some of that in the last couple of minutes on the video. It really starting to look like we could see trains running on it by 2028, even if the stations aren't ready for passengers.

What an obscene waste of taxpayers money. When/if this is ever finished it'll be ready for the rail museum in York.

What a mess...what a colossal waste of taxpayers money...why are we building it.

All of this footage was posted before on the 10 October 00:00-03:42 River Leam to Cubbington (looking northwest) 00:00 River Leam Viaduct 00:55 Cubbington Retaining Wall 01:23 Mill Lane (Footpath W129d) Green Overbridge 01:46 Footpath W130 Overbridge 02:02 B4453 Rugby Road Overbridge 02:20 Cubbington Cutting 02:50 Coventry Road Overbridge 03:12 A445 Leicester Lane Overbridge 03:43-05:04 Long Itchington Wood to Welsh Road (looking northwest) 03:43 Ufton Wood Cutting going up to the Welsh Road Embankment 04:12 Longhole Viaduct 04:45 Welsh Road Underbridge 05:00 Offchurch Cutting 05:05-06:41 Welsh Road to Long Itchington Wood (looking southeast) 05:05 Welsh Road Underbridge 05:20 Longhole Viaduct 05:50 Ufton Wood Cutting 06:00 Long Itchington Wood North Portal 06:42--8:04 Hunningham Road to B4455 Fosse Way (looking southeast) 06:42 Site of the Footpath W129y Overbridge in the foreground 06:52 Hunningham Road Overbridge 07:05 Offchurch Cutting 07:25 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge 07:46 B4455 Fosse Way Overbridge

No cometary, this makes no sense of what or where this is going.

AI can u make organic music around livestock ruclips.net/video/bopF0Cgal20/видео.html&start_radio=1

Thanks

Dear AI, Can u put in the final alignment and also the "geotechnical" stuff such as rock, strata, et all. Also color correct to reflect geology, rather than brown top soil. Ta

AI edited? Out of interest may I ask how?

I think it might be easier for you to upload separate videos for each continuous flight rather then edit all the different ones done in one day or area into one long video

These will become amazing historical videos to look back on. Nice music too.

Is any of this footage new?

What a small or weak firms these are so slowly man o man 😢😅😅

makes you wonder if all those stood still machines are being charged to the tax payer?

I got a bit lost in this one. Some subtitles each time you change location would be very helpful gspecially in such complex areas such as the Delta junction area. However there is real progress.

Looking at this landscape I am reluctant to console myself with the tired old phrase that things get worse before they get better. My response is to realise that almost everyone is not a historian. A future generation will not care to think on the origins of this uncharacteristically vulgar project, conceived by a timid nation, that occupied so much attention in the first decades of the twenty first century

Thanks for doing this area Paul. I use the roads in this area every week at present and food to see what is happening now .Caroline.

00:00 Looking southeast from the Greatworth Green Tunnel with the B4225 on the left 00:20 Helmdon Road 01:00 Greatworth South Cutting 01:25 Bridleway AN14 Overbridge 02:00 Bridleway AN37 Overbridge 02:25 Looking northwest now at the Bridleway AN14 Overbridge 03:30 Helmdon Road 04:00 Greatworth Green Tunnel coming into view 04:20 B4225 Welsh Road 05:00 Sulgrave Road (to be reinstated) 06:00 Banbury Road Overbridge (Thorpe Mandeville) 06:20 Lower Thorpe Viaduct 08:00 Looking southeast now at the site of the Banbury Road Overbridge (Thorpe Mandeville) 09:20 Sulgrave Road (to be reinstated) 10:10 B4225 Welsh Road 10:50 Helmdon Road Beautiful video!

Amazing drone skill

Very slow 🐌 progress, considering how much time they have been building so far!

00:00-01:15 Hunningham Road to B4455 Fosse Way 00:00 Looking southeast over Hunningham Road with the site of the Footpath W129y Overbridge in the foreground 00:14 Hunningham Road Overbridge 00:25 Offchurch Cutting 00:49 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge 01:10 B4455 Fosse Way Overbridge 01:16-02:37 Long Itchington Wood to Welsh Road 01:16 Looking northwest from the Long Itchington Wood North Portal site 01:45 Longhole Viaduct 02:22 Welsh Road Underbridge 02:38-03:54 Duplicate of 00:00-01:15 03:55-16:46 Long Itchington Wood to Cubbington 03:55 Looking southeast towards Long Itchington Wood with Welsh Road Underbridge in the centre 04:10 Offchurch Cutting 04:45 B4455 Fosse Way Overbridge 05:20 Offchurch Greenway Green Overbridge 05:30 Offchurch Cutting (continued) 06:36 Hunningham Road Overbridge (looking northwest) 07:00 Footpath W129y Overbridge 07:41 River Leam Viaduct 08:35 Cubbington Retaining Wall 09:00 Mill Lane (Footpath W129d) Green Overbridge 09:23 Footpath W130 Overbridge 09:40 B4453 Rugby Road Overbridge 09:53 Cubbington Cutting 10:28 Coventry Road Overbridge 10:52 A445 Leicester Lane Overbridge

Excellent video Paul, I really like your updates. Please keep em coming, that was great to see some new areas that we don't usually see

Thought I heard a drone this afternoon

i can't for the life of me imagine the victorian railway pioneers distroying the land like these have...so much disrtruction and so much expense for what ... a few minutes less on the train WOW and none of yhis will ever be of any benefit to the people of the NORTH yet again.

00:00-00:10 Looking west towards Birmingham with the Attleboro Flyover in the foreground where trains from London and the north crossover, Attleboro Lane Overbridge can also be seen in the background 00:11-00:45 Looking north with a close up view of the piers for the M42 Coleshill North Viaduct on the north side of the M42/M6 Toll 00:46-01:55 Delta Junction South 00:46 Looking south across the M42/M6 Toll with the of the M42 Coleshill South Viaduct and M42 Coleshill Box Structure in the foreground 01:06 River Cole Viaducts, beams in the bottom right 01:16 Birmingham Spur Diveunder 01:43 M42 Coleshill East and West Viaducts 01:56-05:39 Delta Junction West 01:56 Looking south with the M42/M6 Toll on the right and the Water Orton No. 1 and 3 viaducts in the foreground 03:02 Attleboro Flyover 03:38 M42-M6 Motorway Link East (left) and West (right) Viaducts 05:15 Looking back towards the Attleboro Flyover and Attleboro Lane Overbridge 05:40-09:28 Delta Junction North 05:40 Looking north with M42/M6 Toll on the left and Water Orton No. 1 and 3 viaducts on the right 06:16 Watton House Viaduct to the right of centre 06:28 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, Straddle bents and piers for Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct 07:00 (L-R) Water Orton No. 2 Viaduct, River Tame West Viaduct (2 piers for 3 tracks), Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct 07:18 (L-R) Curdworth Viaduct, Water Orton No. 1 Viaduct, River Tame East Viaduct

When was this filmed?

Why does a 2 track railway need so much land.