HS2’s tunnel boring machines arrive in North-West London

Two giant tunnel boring machines have been delivered to a construction site in West Ruislip, where next year they will start drilling HS2 tunnels towards the HS2 station at Old Oak Common.The 1,900-tonne machines were delivered to HS2’s last month in an operation that required a huge amount of logistical coordination, with support from the Police and National Highways. The largest components of the machines were transported by road from Essex ports on vehicles that could support the extra-