HS2’s tunnelling into Birmingham reaches halfway point

HS2: Bromford Tunnel TBM reaches halfway point to Birmingham

The tunnel boring machine excavating the first bore of High Speed 2’s 5.6km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham has reached the halfway point.

HS2 | TBM reaches halfway point on 5.6km tunnel into Birmingham

Balfour Beatty Vinci JV (BBV) has celebrated reaching the halfway point on boring the 5.6km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham for High Speed 2 (HS2). The post HS2 | TBM reaches halfway point on 5.6km tunnel into Birmingham appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

HS2’s tunnelling into Birmingham reaches halfway point

The 1,600 tonne TBM, named ‘Mary Ann’ – the real name of Warwickshire-born author George Eliot – has excavated and built 1.75 miles of the first bore of the tunnel since it started digging from a large underground box in Water Orton last year.