Tunnels

Success! Completion of the Northolt Tunnel West is an opportunity for the team to celebrate. From left: Leighton Doherty, Stephen Doherty, Alvaro Pavon, Jordan O’Donn. ell, Darren McGlinchey, Steve Moss Orpin, Joseph Ruck, Cezar Damian, Kalvin McShane, Richard Reynolds, Dylan O’Donnell, Argyrious Voudouris, Tomas Miksa, Barry Boyle, Jordan Saville, Adrian Voicu, Akhiljith Jithendran. HS2

Feature

HS2 tunnelling: a boring job - but exciting!

Out of sight in the London clay, engineers have built a five-mile tunnel for HS2. Tom Edwards goes underground.

Engineering 19 May

HS2 tunnelling team celebrates breakthrough of TBM Sushila at Green Park Way. HS2 LTD.

News

HS2 tunnel boring machine completes five-mile journey under London

The first five miles of the 8.4-mile-long Northolt Tunnel have been dug

HS2 23 Dec

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Ore tunnel to close for repairs

The railway line between Hastings and Rye will close from Saturday 19 October to Sunday 3 November for major repairs in the Ore tunnel.

rail 20 Sept

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HS2 Bromford Tunnel reaches halfway mark

Work on HS2’s Bromford Tunnel in East Birmingham has reached a major milestone, with the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) reaching the halfway point of the 3.5-mile-long twin-bore tunnel.

HS2 30 Aug

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Factory for HS2 tunnel safety doors

Bolton-based Booth Industries opened a purpose-built factory to manufacture more than 300 heavy steel safety doors for the insides of HS2 tunnels.

16 Dec

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HS2 reveals headhouse designs

HS2 Ltd has unveiled the designs of two ‘headhouses’ that will provide access to tunnels under London and the Chiltern hills.

10 Sept

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NATIONAL RAIL AWARDS 2016: Innovation of the Year Winner: AMCO Rail - Soot scabbling machine

AMCO Rail won the Innovation of the Year category at the National Rail Awards. Here's why.

23 Sept

Feature

You’ve got Mail Rail…again

STEFANIE BROWNE reports as work begins on bringing a secret slice of the capital’s subterranean history into the 21st century

Light rail 2 Mar

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Mail Rail to open two years early in 2017

London’s secret railway reaches a milestone with breaking ground event to start construction

5 Feb

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VIDEO: Crossrail completed tunnels

A 360 degree view of the completed Crossrail tunnels from Stepney Green cavern to Farringdon

28 Aug

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Victoria breakthrough completes Crossrail tunnelling

Crossrail confirms that final tunnel was completed on May 26, ahead of fitting out.

4 Jun

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Victoria breaks into Liverpool Street station

Second Crossrail tunnel boring machine breaks into Liverpool Street

12 Mar

Feature

Discovering Brunel’s tunnel masterpiece

STEFANIE BROWNE steps back in time with Brunel’s historic Thames Tunnel, discovering the importance of this construction for today’s tunnelling methods

Permanent way 18 Feb