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 ...

A HS2 worker stands in front of a tunnel boring machine (Jonathan Brady/PA) It said 38 of the 55 miles of twin-bore tunnels have been excavated, and 58% of engineering work to prepare the ground ...

An curved arrow pointing right. When Seattle decided to put in a new highway tunnel beneath the city, a machine was specially built to dig the 2-mile long, 57-foot wide project. The 6,700 ton ...

They are on land that HS2 requires so it can build a temporary taxi rank, as part of the high-speed rail project. To thwart eviction attempts, activists spent two months digging a secret tunnel ...

A sinkhole caused by tunnel boring as part of the HS2 rail project did not pollute the local water network, an investigation has concluded. The 20ft (6m) wide, 16ft (5m) deep crater opened in the ...

HS2 Ltd published an update outlining the progress in building the 140-mile line between London and the West Midlands. It said 38 of the 55 miles of twin-bore tunnels have been excavated ...