As many questions about HS2 remain unanswered, work on the project grinds on.
The tunnel-boring machines have been going for a year. Here, away from the headlines, work is carrying on 24/7.The huge machine creeps along at 55mm a second. Every hour the boring machine pauses and a concrete ring is slotted into place to hold up the tunnel.The tunnels seem much larger than the Crossrail tunnels. The trains in here will travel much faster and generate more heat, so the tunnels need to be larger to allow that to dissipate.
"We are not working alone over here - we have a lot of suppliers, a lot of labour, a lot of subcontractors."
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