Two centuries after Marc Brunel pioneered the tunnelling shield that changed engineering forever, HS2's modern descendants ...

The largest tunnelling machine ever used on a UK rail project has completed its 10-mile (16km) journey after nearly three years. Florence - named after Florence Nightingale - has cut through the chalk ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fascinating footage shows a huge tunneling machine called Dorothy ...

A giant HS2 boring machine has broken through to complete the first section of a 3.5-mile tunnel on the route’s approach into Birmingham. The 125-metre long, 1,600-tonne machine, named Mary Ann by the ...

You might not think so at first, but a tunnel boring machine (TBM) can be fascinating in its own way. Imagine a giant machine, with an elongated shape, that digs her way under the ground, as to not ...

These photos show a huge HS2 tunnelling machine being lifted out of the ground – after it completed a five-mile drive ...

TBM for HS2’s Long Itchington Wood Tunnel 2. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for the high-speed HS2 project, named Florence and Cecilia, have arrived in the UK.