HS2 tunnel boring machine makes first breakthrough

By Daniel Gayne2022-07-26T09:31:00

Balfour Beatty Vinci’s custom-built machine emerges near Stratford-on-Avon after eight months of underground drilling

A 2,000-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) which is paving the way for the HS2 high-speed line from London to Birmingham has made its first breakthrough after spending eight months drilling underground.

Emerging at Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire late last week, the TBM nicknamed Dorothy has completed the first of 64 miles of intermittent tunnels between London and Manchester.

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