HS2 launches naming competition for tunnel boring machines

By Jordan Marshall2020-05-15T05:00:00

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HS2 has today launched a national vote to pick the names of the first of 10 tunnel boring machines that will excavate more than 35 miles of tunnel on the first phase of the railway.

The public is being invited to vote for their favourite name, from a shortlist of three chosen by local school children and inspired by female scientific and medical pioneers.

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