A giant tunnelling machine has been lifted to the surface after finishing work on a HS2 tunnel - and no wonder the project is costing so much. The huge metal device has spent more than a year ...

A machine has begun digging HS2’s 4.5 mile tunnel to Euston, from Old Oak Common, a journey expected to take 18 months.

Old Oak Common will be the London terminus for HS2 services when they start because of delays in developing Euston station ...

The largest tunnelling machine ever used on a UK rail project has completed its 10-mile (16km) journey after nearly three years. Florence - named after Florence Nightingale - has cut through the chalk ...

The tunnel boring machine (TBM), called Florence, hit difficult ground in November and has managed to move only 150m since it was first deployed in March 2022. The machine has not moved since December ...

A key tunnelling machine at the Snowy 2.0 project remains stuck in place more than two months after first grinding to a halt due to soft ground. The tunnel boring machine (TBM), called Florence, hit ...