{"id":2383,"date":"2024-02-28T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2024-03-04T18:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T02:33:29","slug":"third-northolt-tunnel-tbm-emily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/third-northolt-tunnel-tbm-emily\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 Launches Third Northolt Tunnel TBM Emily"},"content":{"rendered":"
The third Northolt Tunnel TBM Emily has been started by Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS), a joint venture supporting HS2 as its London Tunnels contractor. Dedicated after Emily Sophia Taylor, who was involved in the founding of the Perivale Maternity Hospital in 1937 and went on to become the first female mayor of Ealing in 1938, over half of the 13.5km Northolt Tunnel will be excavated.<\/p>\n
Germany-based Herrenknecht produced the tunnel. It is made especially for the soft London clay that will be dug up from the ground since it is an earth pressure balancer. The TBM was erected underground at the Victoria Road location, close to the recently constructed Old Oak Common station.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working at peak construction on HS2, delivering the tunnels which HS2 trains will travel through under London,\u201d said Malcolm Codling, project Client Directora at HS2. \u201cThe preparation to launch TBM Emily has been complex and we remain on schedule to complete the Northolt Tunnel in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n