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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Euston HS2 back on track, say ministers as final tunnelling begins

Engineer in orange hi-vis clothing stands on a platform next to machinery inside the tunnel
An engineer working on the ring build area of the HS2 tunnelling machine, named Madeleine, to dig the tunnel from Old Oak Common to Euston. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Ministers have pledged that a redeveloped Euston HS2 station will be big enough to “serve the nation” as tunnelling began for the last miles of high-speed railway into central London.

Excavating the 4.5-mile tunnels from Old Oak Common in west London is expected to take between 12 and 18 months – although details of the terminus, and how it will be funded, are yet to be revealed.

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