{"id":160296,"date":"2026-03-18T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=160296"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:44:52","slug":"final-machine-launched-hs2-euston-tunnel-dig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/final-machine-launched-hs2-euston-tunnel-dig\/160296\/","title":{"rendered":"Final machine launched in HS2 Euston tunnel dig"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The last tunnel boring machine (TBM) \u2013 named TBM Karen \u2013 has been launched towards Euston station<\/h2>\n<p>The 1,624-tonne TBM digging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HS2<\/a> Euston tunnel was launched by two female drivers in honour of the machine\u2019s namesake, Karen Harrison, one of the first female train drivers in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting tunnel will be 4.5 miles long, with 11 TBM\u2019s preceding Karen to connect Old Oak Common station to Euston.<\/p>\n<h3>HS2 will boost the economy in London<\/h3>\n<p>Once the line has been brought into Euston station, it is expected that it will contribute \u00a341bn to the UK economy, due to regeneration and investment in creating homes and employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The Euston tunnel is the final machine to be launched for all the bored tunnels on the HS2 line, with the other four tunnels &#8211; Northolt, Chiltern, Long Itchington Wood, and Bromford tunnels \u2013 having been completely bored. The Northolt tunnel is the other tunnel to be dug out under London.<\/p>\n<p>The TBM is 198 metres in length, and operates by excavating earth and installing concrete segments into rings as it goes, creating the tunnel. In this tunnel alone, 48,294 concrete segments will be installed and 1.5 million tonnes of soil excavated.<\/p>\n<p>Rail minister, Lord Hendy, said: \u201cToday\u2019s launch brings HS2\u2019s journey to Euston another step closer to reality, as this Government presses on to deliver this project and with the transformational Euston station redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re putting HS2 back on track, and taking the railway into central London is crucial to unlocking its full potential to deliver more jobs, more homes and a long-term boost to the whole British economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alan Morris, line of route delivery director, HS2 Ltd, said: \u201cThe launch of the final HS2 TBM towards Euston is significant milestone in our extensive tunnelling programme. TBM Karen will complete the second bore of the Euston Tunnel, bringing high speed train services directly in and out of the centre of the capital, enabling future economic growth and regeneration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have been working hard to reset the project, our expert teams have been focused on safely driving up productivity &#8211; and today\u2019s final TBM launch is real evidence of that paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The last viaduct segments for a major HS2 junction have been created<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/final-hs2-viaduct-segments-delta-junction-created\/160172\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earlier this month<\/a>, it was announced that the last of the 2,742 concrete segments needed to build the Delta Junction had been created at a temporary factory, Kingsbury Precast Yard, in Warwickshire.<\/p>\n<p>The segments are created and stored there, where they will ultimately be transported to be put in place at the Delta Junction.<\/p>\n<p>This junction is the most complex on the entire HS2 line, with over- and underpasses carrying high speed trains past and over motorways, local roads and railways, rivers, and floodplains.<\/p>\n<p>HS2 Ltd\u2019s head of delivery, Caroline Warrington, said: \u201cCasting these enormous segments on site, close to the viaducts, helps us deliver a quality product and reduce disruption for road users. It\u2019s great to see the final segments complete and I\u2019d like to thank everyone involved in the manufacturing process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this part of the work finished, the team can begin to focus on the deck slabs for the approach viaducts which will carry the railway into central Birmingham.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has been launched to complete the dig of the HS2 Euston Tunnel, the last bored tunnel for the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":160301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172731],"tags":[473,579,928],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-160296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-projects","8":"tag-hs2","9":"tag-infrastructure","10":"tag-rail-network"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Final machine launched in HS2 Euston tunnel dig<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has been launched to complete the dig of the HS2 Euston Tunnel, the last bored tunnel for the line\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/final-machine-launched-hs2-euston-tunnel-dig\/160296\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Final machine launched in HS2 Euston tunnel dig\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has been launched to complete the dig of the HS2 Euston Tunnel, the last bored tunnel for the line\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/final-machine-launched-hs2-euston-tunnel-dig\/160296\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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