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Florence and Cecilia set off
27 July, 2021
HS2 is the largest transport infrastructure project in Europe. Julian Champkin had a lightening tour of the Chiltern Tunnel portal to see the first of the ten TBMs that will work on the project’s 51km twin-tunnels

Work well underway on first HS2 shaft
22 July, 2021
Engineers working on the UK’s new high-speed railway (HS2) have begun excavating the first of five ventilation and emergency access shafts for the 16km-long tunnels being bored under the Chiltern Hills.

HS2 launches second Chiltern Tunnel TBM
02 July, 2021
Following the recent launch of TBM Florence to excavate the first tube of the 16km-long Chiltern Tunnels, HS2 has now launched the second machine, Cecilia, from the South Portal site northwest of London.

HS2 announces launch of first TBM
13 May, 2021
Tunnelling can finally begin on Phase One of the UK’s high-speed rail line following HS2’s announcement regarding the launch of the first of 10 TBMs that will dig a total 64 miles (102km) of tunnels.

Production of HS2 tunnel segments begins
19 March, 2021
HS2 Ltd has announced that the first precast concrete tunnel-lining segments for the new high-speed railway have started to roll off the production line.