High Speed 2
High Speed 2 is a high-speed railway which has been under construction in England since 2020. The planned route runs between Handsacre in southern Staffordshire and London, with a branch to Birmingham.- Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk
- Type: Quango
- Description: high-speed railway under construction, between London and Birmingham, England
- Also known as: “High Speed 2 (HS2) Limited”, “High Speed Two”, “HS2”, and “HS2 Ltd.”
- Address: 2 Snow Hill Queensway
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birmingham Snow Hill railway station and St Chad’s Cathedral.
Birmingham Snow Hill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Randwick, Public domain.
Birmingham Snow Hill, also known as Snow Hill station, is a railway station in Birmingham City Centre, England. It is one of the three main city-centre stations in Birmingham, along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street.
St Chad’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: G-Man, Public domain.
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is a Catholic cathedral in Birmingham, England. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia. St Chad’s Cathedral is situated 540 feet north of High Speed 2.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is situated 1,700 feet southwest of High Speed 2.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gun Quarter and Paradise.
Gun Quarter
Locality
The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns.
Paradise
Locality
Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares.
Jewellery Quarter
Suburb
Photo: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0.
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
High Speed 2
- Categories: high-speed railway line, transport megaproject, and office
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.48412° or 52° 29′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.89888° or 1° 53′ 56″ westOperator
Department for TransportOpen location code
9C4WF4M2+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4711767170OpenStreetMap feature
office=quangoOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q798868
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover High Speed 2 from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“High Speed 2” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هاي سبيد 2”
- Bengali: “হাই স্পিড ২”
- Chinese: “2号高速铁路”
- Chinese: “2號高速鐵路”
- Czech: “High Speed 2”
- Dutch: “High Speed 2”
- Dutch: “HS2”
- Finnish: “High Speed 2”
- French: “High Speed 2”
- French: “HS2”
- German: “High Speed 2”
- German: “HS2”
- Hungarian: “High Speed 2”
- Indonesian: “High Speed 2”
- Italian: “High Speed 2”
- Japanese: “HS2”
- Korean: “하이 스피드 2”
- Lithuanian: “High Speed 2”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “High Speed 2”
- Norwegian: “High Speed 2”
- Turkish: “High Speed 2”
- Ukrainian: “High Speed 2”
- Welsh: “HS2”
- “High Speed 2”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “High Speed 2”.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Snowhill and Metro Boulevard.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Two Snowhill and KP Law.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.