Machine digging HS2’s longest tunnel breaks through
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Florence, the machine digging HS2’s longest tunnel, named after nurse Florence Nightingale, completed its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills on Tuesday. The machine dug one of a pair of tunnels with a depth of up to 80 meters which will be used for HS2 trains traveling between London and Birmingham. Rail minister Huw Merriman hailed the breakthrough as a significant progress on the country’s largest infrastructure project, supporting hundreds of jobs and apprenticeships. A second identical machine will break through in the coming weeks. Florence, with a diameter of 10.25 meters, will be dismantled over the coming weeks. The three million cubic meters of material removed during the tunnelling will be used for a grassland restoration project at the site where the machines were launched. Preparations are also underway for the launch of two more machines to excavate tunnels between Old Oak Common and Euston in the capital.
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