HS2 completes tunnel drive to Old Oak Common

Northolt Tunnel West TBM Sushila drive complete 3_cropped

Source: HS2 Ltd

West London station will likely be initial terminus of high-speed scheme

HS2 has completed its five-mile tunnelling drive into London.

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Sushila broke through at the Green Park Way vent shaft in Ealing in the west of the capital at the end of last week.

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