A longer wait announced for completion of HS2 Canterbury Works in South Kilburn

 Apparently not so 'Upcoming' as advertised, according to the Enquirer:

Shaft and headhouse sites at Adelaide Road and Canterbury Works will remain on pause over the next two years while parts of the Euston drive including the station cavern, crossover tunnels, portal and scissor box are being rescheduled.

The Enquirer understands that suppliers and subcontractors were given the bad news by main contractor SCS JV on Friday. The Canterbury works will remain on pause for the next two years.

Two giant tunnelling machines have been assembled and are ready to dig the HS2 tunnel between Old Oak Common and London Euston after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed funding for the project in last year’s budget.

A spokesperson for HS2 said: 

When HS2 opens, services will initially run between Birmingham and Old Oak Common in west London and this section of the railway remains the focus of our delivery.

Last autumn, the government confirmed that HS2 will be built to Euston and we are now preparing for construction of the tunnel from Old Oak Common. Construction on associated works including the tunnel shafts, headhouses and station approaches will start at a later date.

We are currently reviewing the whole HS2 programme as part of a major reset – making sure the building blocks of the scheme are in the correct sequence.