UK: The launch of a second TBM to drive from Old Oak Common towards Euston offers renewed hope that High Speed 2 will ...

TBM Karen will excavate the second bore of the 4.5-mile Euston Tunnel.

HS2 has officially commenced excavation work of the final tunnel bore on the 140-mile railway between central London and the ...

HS2 has started excavation of the final tunnel bore on the 140-mile railway between central London and the West Midlands – the down tunnel from Old Oak Common station in west London towards Euston – ...

HS2 has started the final tunnel bore on the project from Old Oak Common station in west London towards Euston. Euston is the ...

EXCAVATION of the final tunnel on the 140-mile HS2 rail line between central London and the West Midlands has started.

Launched from Old Oak Common in west London on March 16, the 1,624-ton machine - named “Karen” - will excavate the second ...

Caroline TBM can travel at an average of 14m per day. Credit: High Speed Two. High Speed Two (HS2) has rolled out the fifth tunnel boring machine (TBM), known as Caroline, for the construction of ...

A giant tunnelling machine has been lifted to the surface after finishing work on a HS2 tunnel - and no wonder the project is costing so much. The huge metal device has spent more than a year ...

Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV), a UK/France-based construction and infrastructure services joint venture (JV), announced its 1,600-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) – named Elizabeth – has started digging ...

The 2.1-mile Colne Valley viaduct is about a third complete. Photo courtesy of HS2 Ltd. December 28, 2023 With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K.'s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 ...