A huge tunnelling machine, the first of two designated to carve out HS2’s route to Euston, has launched its operation despite lingering uncertainty surrounding the central London station’s development.
Named Madeleine, in tribute to Madeleine Nobbs, the former president of the Women’s Engineering Society, the machine is projected to spend approximately 18 months excavating a 4.5-mile path from Old Oak Common in west London.
