INFRASTRUCTURE

HS2 lifts fourth giant tunnelling machine after journey under London

Four TBMs that have completed the excavation of the 8.4-mile-long Northolt tunnels for HS2

Sections of HS2’s TBM Anne being lifted at Green Park Way tunnel shaft

Sections of HS2’s TBM Anne being lifted at Green Park Way tunnel shaft | Credits: HS2

Engineers, working on the London tunnels for the UK's HS2 high-speed rail project, lifted the last of four giant tunnelling machines to the surface at the end of August. The first part of ‘Anne', including...

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