# STRABAG consortium awarded £2B HS2 railway contract in UK

A consortium of STRABAG (32%), Skanska and Costain (SCS joint venture) has been awarded the Main Work Civil Contract for lots S1 and S2 of the UK's HS2 high-speed railway, with a total construction volume of approximately £2 billion. Stage 1 (design) is valued at £79 million; construction is scheduled until 2023 with first trains in 2026.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-08-01
- Where: London to Birmingham, UK, United Kingdom
- Value: $2.60B (2.00B GBP)
- Status: announced
- Products: high-speed railway infrastructure

## Companies

- [STRABAG](https://endata.com/companies/5623.md)
- [Costain Group](https://endata.com/companies/388.md) (partner)
- [Skanska](https://endata.com/companies/2926.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [highways.today](https://highways.today/2017/08/01/strabag-work-billion-euro-hs2-project-united-kingdom/), 2017-08-01: "HS2 is an important project for the United Kingdom that will provide much-needed extra capacity between London and the north of England."

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