A giant 1,600-tonne machine called Madeleine that will bore a tunnel taking HS2 trains into central London has been switched on.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAPE CHARLES, Va. (WAVY) — The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at the Thimble ...

Next year, the first modern tunnel-boring machines ever used in New Jersey will arrive in North Bergen to begin drilling the first mile of the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel through the rocky Palisades.

Once The Boring Company obtains its permits and approvals, the company will begin tunneling.

Boring a tunnel is a very tedious job (the name of the operation gives it away), but one perfume salesman and space enthusiast has a different opinion. The Boring Company’s Elon Musk dreams that one ...

Dublin, Jan. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Shield Tunnel Boring Machine Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2021-2031" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com ...

HAMPTON, Va. — On April 17, Mary the Tunnel Boring Machine emerged through the headwall at the Hampton end of the HRBT. Exactly six months later, she's starting her next journey: creating the twin ...

They weighed 1200 tonnes each, the same as 171 elephants, measured 170 metres in length, and dug through 1.58 million tonnes of rock. Now that their job is done, they’ve been dismantled underground, ...

A giant boring machine has broken through to complete excavation work to all of the tunnels along the 140 mile route of the HS2 railway. The enormous 125m (410ft) long machine emerged today (Mon) ...

A boring machine needs a name. No, not boring — boring!Howard County is holding a naming contest for the boring machine that will be used in Ellicott City's north tunnel project.The tunnel will help ...

Right after the tunnel was completed, The Boring Company decided to transport the massive machinery to its next digging site. The firm shared photos of the transport on X, showing that the Prufrock-3 ...