The first of the tunnel boring machines that will dig HS2’s last two tunnels is due to set off on its journey to Euston ...

Construction of the 16km Chiltern tunnel - the longest on the High Speed 2 route - has been completed after nearly five years ...

The Chiltern tunnel is the second of HS2’s five twin-bore tunnels to reach structural completion, following the one-mile Long Itchington Wood tunnel in Warwickshire last year. Construction of the ...

The construction team completes structural works on the 16km tunnel as HS2 advances towards the next project phases.

Innovative design and construction of large prop-less openings in HS2’s segmentally lined Northolt Tunnels using specially ...

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 ...

HS2 celebrates launch of TBM for second tunnel bore under Long Itchington Wood in Warks. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK-based High Speed Two (HS2) has launched the 125m tunnel boring machine (TBM), ...

Tunneling on the U.K.’s 230-km London-Birmingham high-speed railroad launched May 13, as a 10.26-meter-dia tunnel boring machine (TBM) began work at the Chiltern Hills southern approach, about 30 ...

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 ...

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