Watch HS2 start final tunnel drive to Euston

HS2 started its drive into the heart of London yesterday as the first of two giant machines began work on the Euston Tunnel.
The TBM was manufactured by Herrenknecht AG in Germany and shipped over to the UK in 2024 before being carefully lifted into and reassembled in the giant underground station box at Old Oak Common.
Engineers from HS2’s London tunnels contactor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV), have been working to prepare the machines for their tunnelling mission over t