HS2 has completed the first 920 tonne deck span on the first precast segmental viaduct being built at the Delta Junction, signalling a construction milestone as work ramps up on the complex network of nine viaducts in North Warwickshire.

HS2’s Delta Junction is a triangular section of line, enabling trains to travel between London and Birmingham, Birmingham and Manchester, and direct between London and Manchester without stopping at Birmingham.

The River Tame West Viaduct is a single span viaduct at the northern tip of the Delta Junction, crossing the River Tame near Water Orton, and joins the Curdworth Box which will take high speed trains over the existing Birmingham to Derby railway.

In this complicated section of the Delta Junction, there are six tracks of the railway running alongside each other as they join the southern end of the Curdworth Box. They are carried by 5 viaducts - the single track River Tame West Viaduct, the double track River Tame West Viaduct, the single track River Tame East Viaduct and two single track Water Orton Viaducts.

To the south, the 1,400 metre Water Orton No.1 Viaduct and 1,300 metre Water Orton No.2 Viaduct curve towards Birmingham allowing trains to travel to and from Curzon Street Station. The other four lines – on the River Tame Viaducts, join on to the HS2 mainline to Interchange Station and on to London.

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