Topic: Tunnel

Sunset over HS2 tunnel shaft at Amersham

HS2 tunnel progress as ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ pass Amersham

The builders of HS2, the high speed railway project in England, have confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – the two giant tunnelling machines digging the project’s longest tunnels – have passed Amersham, 5-and-a-half miles into...Read more

07-03-2023|3 comments|author: Simon Walton

Drilling tests for novel subterranean cargo rail starts in Switzerland

Cargo Sous Terrain (CST), the Swiss company working on underground rail freight transport, will start tunnel boring-related activities for the first time. Test drilling and geophysical measurements of the subsoil along the first section of...Read more

26-01-2023|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Giant HS2 tunnelling machine makes rare surface appearance

A night-time operation in Warwickshire in central England saw the giant cutter-head from the ‘Dorothy’ Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) move through the countryside above the Long Itchington Wood Tunnel to a new location, so that...Read more

27-09-2022|Comment|author: Simon Walton