RIB Software SE announced the conclusion of a Phase-II-contract. HS2 (High Speed 2) is UK's new high-speed rail network. The construction is starting on Phase One which will link London and Birmingham by 2026. Phase Two will run from the West Midlands to Manchester in the west and Leeds in the east completing the network by 2033. HS2 is expected to carry over 300,000 passengers a day - around 100 million a year, when fully operational. High Speed Two Limited began operations in January 2009 and currently employs around 1,500 people.