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Neil Lancefield

UNBELIEVABLE: Hs2 s longest tunnel reaches halfway point | History Defined

Giant machines digging HS2’s longest tunnel have passed the half-way point, according to the firm building the high-speed railway (HS2 Ltd/PA)

Giant machines digging HS2’s longest tunnel have passed the halfway point, according to the firm building the high-speed railway.

HS2 Ltd said the pair of tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills.

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