News on HS2 in Camden

The health, safety and wellbeing of the communities along the route of the new railway, and our staff, remains our absolute priority.

We are working closely with our construction partners to review the works on our construction sites in line with Government and Public Health England (PHE) advice on dealing with COVID-19. The Government’s current COVID-19 strategy makes clear that construction activity can continue as long as it complies with this guidance.

Work at the majority of our sites has been paused as we complete this review, noting that some staff may be present to make the safety assessments and to ensure the sites remain safe and secure.

We do expect that work will restart at some of these sites where our contractors are confident that they can operate in line with PHE and industry guidance, protecting our staff and the communities in which they are working.

Network Rail and their contractors have partially closed the Euston site for the remainder of this week (w/c 23.3.20) so they can implement and communicate on site social distancing measures in line with the Standard Site Operating Procedures Social Distancing policy issued by the government. To do this an assessment of individuals who are required on site to keep the project and station operations functioning has been undertaken.

Following this assessment, the following Network Rail works are expected to resume on Monday 30th March:

Network Rail will continue with HS2 to monitor their construction sites in-line with government advice on dealing with COVID-19.

We have taken the decision to postpone all face-to-face engagement events and meetings during this period. We have been notifying local residents and putting in place alternative ways of communicating and engaging with communities over the coming weeks and months.

The HS2 Helpdesk remains operational all day, every day, and will be the public’s first point of contact should they need advice or information from HS2. You can contact the Helpdesk on:

If you contact us by post there will be an extended delay in us receiving and responding due to the current circumstances.