It was launched in May 2021 near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. The machine dug one of a pair of tunnels with a depth of up to 80 metres that will be used for HS2 trains travelling between London and ...

HS2 workers are celebrating as the machine digging the controversial railway's longest tunnel has completed its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills. Florence, named after nurse Florence ...

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THE world’s longest tunnelling machine ­prepares to start digging — as the HS2 rail project finally gets under way. Florence, the 170-metre-long boring machine, weighing 2,000 tons, will spend the ...

The machine digging HS2’s longest tunnel has completed its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills. Florence, named after nurse Florence Nightingale, was greeted with fireworks and cheers from ...

Florence, named after nurse Florence Nightingale, was greeted with fireworks and cheers from hundreds of HS2 workers who gathered to witness the moment near South Heath, Buckinghamshire, on Tuesday.

The giant machine digging HS2’s longest tunnel has completed its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills. Florence, named after nurse Florence Nightingale, was greeted with fireworks and cheers from ...

Tunnel boring machine 'Florence' was greeted with fireworks and cheers from hundreds of HS2 workers who gathered to witness the moment near South Heath in Buckinghamshire. Read more ...

Workers at the Chiltern Tunnel breakthrough site ahead of digging machine Florence completing HS2’s longest tunnel. Credit: PA Wire/PA Images The machine digging HS2’s longest tunnel has completed its ...