HS2 launches third giant tunnelling machine under west London

HS2 has started digging a third tunnel under London as its newest tunnel boring machine started work over the weekend. The latest tunnel boring machine (TBM) will dig about 3.4 miles of tunnel under Ealing from the Victoria Road Crossover Box, close to the future Old Oak Common station, to Greenpark Way in Greenford.
Front shield of TBM Emily lifted at Victoria Road Crossover box site (c) HS2
TBM Emily, named after Emily Sophia Taylor who helped establish the Perivale Maternity Hospital in 1937