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| HS2 high-speed rail project begins underground tunnel |
| 2021-05-13 |
| [BBC] The largest tunnelling machine ever used on a UK rail project is officially starting work. Florence - named after Florence Nightingale - will spend the next three-and-a-half years cutting through the chalk beneath the Chiltern hills in Buckinghamshire. The tunnel will form part of controversial high-speed rail project HS2's first phase, which will link London with the West Midlands. The BBC takes a look inside the operation to see how it works. |
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