UK’s High Speed Two (HS2) has begun excavation of the last tunnel bore on its 140-mile high-speed rail link between central London and the West Midlands. On 16 March 2026, the 11th and final tunnel ...

HS2 Ltd has announced the completion of major tunnel excavations between Birmingham and west London, after a key breakthrough. A tunnel boring machine (TBM) concluded an 18-month journey on Monday, ...

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HS2 has achieved the first tunnelling breakthrough on Europe’s largest infrastructure project. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK-based High Speed Two (HS2) has announced the first tunnelling breakthrough ...

A large sinkhole has appeared above a tunnel being built for the high-speed HS2 railway line in Buckinghamshire. Campaigners said the four-meter deep hole, which appeared above tunnelling in Little ...

Construction has finished on HS2's longest tunnel, which includes extensions with ventilation holes carved out to prevent sonic booms. Trains travelling at 200mph will take only three minutes to go ...

HS2's tunnelling machine has broken through to Old Oak Common station, with engineers saying it means the scheme is one step closer to reaching Euston. On Tuesday the tunnel boring machine (TBM) ...

A large hole has opened up above one of the tunnels being built for the high speed HS2 railway line. Anti-HS2 campaigners said the hole in Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, was evidence that ...

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