INFRASTRUCTURE

Second HS2 TBM gets ready to start digging under Birmingham

Latest HS2 TBM to be made up of parts from machine used on previous section of the project

 The 125t cutterhead for HS2’s latest TBM being moved into place

The 125t cutterhead for HS2’s latest TBM being moved into place

In an assembly operation to move sections of the machine into a 12m deep launch pit, two 600t cranes lifted the 125t cutterhead into place at the front of the 125m long machine in the pit bottom. The...

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