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HS2's triangular junction at Coleshill and Water Orton
The information on this web page was prepared in 2012. It has not been updated since then and so it may no longer be correct.
Below you can see a map from the Ordnance Survey. After a short while, coloured lines will appear superimposed onto it. These lines shows the route of the proposed HS2 near to Coleshill and Water Orton. The lines should be accurate as they are derived from data for the post consultation route that was published by the Department for Transport in January 2012.
Each line is coloured red for cuttings, yellow for embankments and blue for viaducts.
Between Coleshill and Water Orton where the River Tame meanders, there is currently a sprawled out junction of the M6 and the M42. It is here that is planned to put a triangular junction of the proposed HS2.
This junction is important because, even in phase 1 of the project, there will be through trains between London Euston and the North (e.g., Manchester). So, the easterly side of this junction would be used for trains between London Euston and the North; the southwesterly side of the junction would be used for trains between London Euston and Birmingham Curzon Street; and the northwesterly side of the junction would be used for trains between Birmingham Curzon Street and the North.
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Below there are two images showing detailed maps. If you click on an image and then click again, you can see a larger image.
Here is an image showing a detailed map of the easterly side of the triangle. So the line to London Euston is to the right, the line to the North is to the left and the two lines to Birmingham Curzon Street go off the bottom of the map.
Here is an image showing a detailed map of the westerly side of the triangle. So the line to London Euston is to the bottom right, the line to Birmingham Curzon Street is to the bottom left and the two lines to the North go off the top of the map.
Here are some links to images showing even more detailed maps. If you click on a link and then click again, you can see a larger image. the southern edge of the triangle, the easterly side of the triangle, the northwesterly side of the triangle and the southwesterly side of the triangle.
Credits
The first map on this web page has been generated by www.thehs2.com. The underlying map is provided by OS OpenSpace and this is © Crown copyright and database rights 2012 Ordnance Survey. The generation of the map uses data provided by www.streetmap.co.uk. In order to superimpose an accurate line of the route of the proposed HS2, the map also uses data which was obtained from a shape file provided by the Department for Transport and released with an Open Government Licence.
There's a Department for Transport web site that provides maps of the route. The second and third maps on this page have been derived from a PDF that has a map showing the easterly side and a PDF that has a map showing the westerly side. On this web page, there are links to four other maps. These have been derived from a PDF that has the southern edge of the triangle, a PDF that has the easterly side of the triangle, a PDF that has the northwesterly side of the triangle and a PDF that has the southwesterly side of the triangle.