HS2 launches first giant tunnelling machine to dig under Chiltern Hills

By Jordan Marshall2021-05-13T07:48:00

2000-tonne machine named after Florence Nightingale will operate as a self-contained underground factory

HS2 has officially launched the first of 10 tunnel boring machines on the £100bn project.

The 2,000 tonne machine, said to be the largest ever used on a UK rail project, will dig the first of a pair of 10-mile long tunnels under the Chiltern Hills over the next three and half years.

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