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Switzerland – Inauguration of the new Albula railway tunnel

Switzerland – Inauguration of the new Albula railway tunnel

On Saturday 8th  June 2024 - at the Preda portal at 1,800 meters above sea level - the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) officially inaugurated the new Albula railway tunnel (5860 m).  The ... More Information

Brenner Base Tunnel update

Brenner Base Tunnel update

Every year BBT organises an Open Day for the Brenner Base Tunnel project. They take place at the Austrian construction site H41 Sill-Pfons Gorge, and at the construction site of the Eisack ... More Information

Green light for funding for Point Erin Central Interceptor tunnel project extension

Green light for funding for Point Erin Central Interceptor tunnel project extension

Funding has been confirmed to extend the Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel by more than 1 km from Grey Lynn to Point Erin, Herne Bay. This will  reduce wet weather overflows and ... More Information

Federal Government Greenlights $6.8B Funding for Gateway Tunnel Project

The long-awaited Gateway Tunnel project is officially moving forward. The $16 billion initiative has secured a $6.8 billion full-funding grant from the federal government, marking a significant ... More Information

Three tunnels done and dusted for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, one to go!

Three tunnels done and dusted for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, one to go!

Press release - Mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Catherine, Eileen and Peggy have completed their historic journeys to build metro rail tunnels for the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport ... More Information

Grand Paris Express - TBM Awa ready to start for West section of Line 18

On Wednesday 29 May 2024, the Société des grands projets christened Awa, the latest TBM for Line 18.  In June, Awa will start digging - from the future Guyancourt station - a 6.7 ... More Information

HS2 Updates

HS2 Updates

Chiltern tunnel TBMs dismantled - The Dismantling of the two Herrenknecht TBMs - 170m long and weighed 2,000 t - that built HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd’s Chiltern Tunnel have now been ... More Information

TBM Futura to drive the Rocchetta tunnel on the Naples-Bari HS/HC railway line

Futura will is the name of the second TBM used for the construction of the new Naples-Bari line. The TBM, whose name was chosen by the pupils of the E. Faceltti elementary school in Apice (BN), ... More Information

WTC2025 - Abstract submission deadline extended!

After a successful first call for abstracts WTC2025 is pleased to announce the deadline for submissions has been extended until Thursday June 13th. Take this opportunity to share innovative ideas, ... More Information

Slovenia - Breakthrough of longest railway tunnel in the country!

Slovenia - Breakthrough of longest railway tunnel in the country!

On 29 may 2024 Kolektor Construction and Euro-Asfalt completed excavation of the sixth and longest tunnel of the 2TDK project providing a second track between Divaca and the port of Koper. This ... More Information

TBM Jessie ready to be launched for Sydney Metro West towards Sydney’s CBD

TBM Jessie ready to be launched for Sydney Metro West towards Sydney’s CBD

TBM Jessie,  the first TBM for the Sydney Metro West - Eastern Tunnelling Package,  is about to be launched. It will carve out a 2.3-km tunnel from The Bays to Hunter Street in the ... More Information

Two CRCHI TBMs Launched from opposite directions of the World's Longest Subsea Tunnel

On May 16th, two super-large diameter slurry TBMs, developed by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation Limited (CRCHI), were launched from opposite directions in Ningbo and Zhoushan ... More Information

BBT - TBM Ida reaches first 3 km of excavation for Lot H41 Sill-Pfons Gorge

On 14 May 2024  the TBM Ida, launched back in June 2023, reached its first 3 km of excavation towards the south, in the West line tunnel, advancing an average of 13 m/day and extracting ... More Information

Final breakthrough for TBM Renny digging the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

Final breakthrough for TBM Renny digging the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

Renny, the last West End Connectors’s TBM on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE) project, has officially completed its 6.3-km journey from Renforth Drive to the extraction shaft, ... More Information

Transition Completes the Silvertown Tunnel

Riverlinx CJV - the construction joint venture of Ferrovial Construction, BAM Nuttall and SK ecoplant working on behalf of Transport for London - completed construction works for the connections ... More Information

BTS 2024 Conference & Exhibition - Registration is open

The BTS 2024 Conference and Exhibition is the largest gathering of tunnelling professionals in the UK. Taking place on October 8th – 9th, 2024 at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, ... More Information

Hyperbaric excavation for the Casalnuovo tunnel on the HS/HC Napoli-Bari line

Webuild, which was awarded the contract by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) for the Naples-Cancello lot of the Naples-Bari high-speed/high-capacity railway line, is using hyperbaric excavation ... More Information

Registration now open for ‘Open Days’ at the Modane construction site

Press release - For the first time, the Villarodin-Bourget/Modane underground construction site, where part of the Mont Cenis base tunnel, at the centre of the new Turin-Lyon railway line, is ... More Information

Italy/Sicily: TBM Margherita reaches 1 km of advancement on the Ogliastrillo-Castelbuono section

  At the beginning of May, the TBM Margherita (10 m in diameter and 140 m long) reached 1 km of advancement in the excavation of the odd-numbered track tube of the 6.87 km-long, ... More Information

Final breakthrough for Roseto 1 tunnel, Megalot 3, SS 106 in Italy

Final breakthrough for Roseto 1 tunnel, Megalot 3, SS 106 in Italy

On 10 May 2024 the last northbound piece of the twin-tube rock Roseto 1 tunnel (1.2km) was demolished. The tunnel will be completed using concrete and pre-cast concrete segments for the final ... More Information

Georgia - TBM Caucasus completes 9km tunnel for the Kvesheti-Kobi highway

Georgia - TBM Caucasus completes 9km tunnel for the Kvesheti-Kobi highway

On 23 May 2024 the single shield hard rock TBM, manufactured by CREG and named Caucasus, completed the excavation of the 9 km tunnel, connecting the village of Kvesheti with the village of Kobiin, ... More Information

Toulouse Metro - Line B connection

Work on the Connexion Ligne B is progressing! On Wednesday 15 May - after three months of work - the TBM Clemence Isaure - 30 m long, 5.28 m in diameter and reconditioned by the BESSAC company ... More Information

The ITA tunnelling awards 2024 - Call for entries

The 10th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards will take place in Genoa (Italy) on November 28, 2024 at the occasion of the ITA and SIG 50th anniversary celebration organized by the Italian ... More Information

Updates on Watercare Services Limited’s Central Interceptor Project

Updates on Watercare Services Limited’s Central Interceptor Project

In a significant milestone, the TBM Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, nearly 200 meters in length, has successfully breached into a shaft at a depth of 47 meters below ground. This achievement took place at the ... More Information

INTERMAT 2024: an edition driving progress and promoting business

The 2024 edition of the tradeshow, with its redesigned offering and format, registered over its four-day duration 127,500 entries, 21% of which from outside France and from 130 countries. A total ... More Information

TBM for Santiago metro line 7 begins operation in Renca

On Monday 06 May 2024 the ministry of transportation and Santiago metro witnessed the launch ceremony of the TBM EPB christened La Matucana, after an avenue in Quinta Normal municipality. The ... More Information

Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport tunnels on homestretch

Mega TBMs constructing the Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport southern tunnels are edging closer to their final destinations.     TBMs Eileen and Peggy have built 4.78 ... More Information

TERRATEC delivers another EPBM for Bangkok Metro Purple Line

TERRATEC delivers another EPBM for Bangkok Metro Purple Line

TERRATEC is pleased to announce the delivery of another new 6.39m diameter Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine (EPBM) for the construction of the Bangkok Metro Purple Line (C3). The event ... More Information

The North East Link TBMs to be named after ground breaking women

Help name - by nominating a local legend - the two massive TBMs (length 90 m, diameter 15.6 m and weight 4000t) that will start in 2024 building 6.5km twin tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen for the ... More Information

Sydney Metro West - TBMs Beatrice and Daphne reach Burwood North

Sydney Metro West - TBMs Beatrice and Daphne reach Burwood North

On the 30th April two TBMs Beatrice and Daphne arrived at Burwood North station site as the 24-km Sydney Metro West twin tunnels connecting Greater Parramatta and the Sydney CBD continue to take ... More Information

Canada - TBM Elsie completed the Broadway subway project

Canada - TBM Elsie completed the Broadway subway project

On April 26, TBM Elsie arrived at Arbutus Station and completed her journey from the future station Great Northern Way-Emily Carr for the Broadway subway project in Vancouver. Click here and ca/38 ... More Information

New FAT tests completed for TBMs that will excavate the Lot 3 and Lot 4 of the Palermo-Catania link

New FAT tests completed for TBMs that will excavate the Lot 3 and Lot 4 of the Palermo-Catania link

On April 19,  another two TBMs - TBM#4 code DZ1379 and TBM#5 code DZ1380 - that will excavate Lot 3 Lercara - Caltanissetta Xirbi, in Sicily, successfully completed the FAT test in ... More Information

Eglinton Crosstown West Extension tunnel boring machine reaches finish line

Eglinton Crosstown West Extension tunnel boring machine reaches finish line

Press release - One of two twin tunnel boring machines digging the western underground segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension has broken through the final ... More Information

Brazil - New milestone reached in the metro Line 2 expansion of the Sao Paulo

Brazil - New milestone reached in the metro Line 2 expansion of the Sao Paulo

On 20/04/2024 the TBM Cora Coralina which is building the 7.3 km tunnels for the metro Line 2-Green extension in Sao Paulo has reached the VSE Coxim shaft. The shaft is an intermediate shaft for ... More Information

USA - Milestone in the construction of the HRBT extension project

USA - Milestone in the construction of the HRBT extension project

On 17th April 2024 TBM Mary broke through the headwall on the North Island at Hampton, completing the first of the two road tunnels for the USD 4bn HRBT expansion project in Virginia. ... More Information

Nepal - Breakthrough in the Nagdhunga tunnel

On 15 April the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal switched on the electric control for the breakthrough of the 2,688 m Nagdhunga tunnel connecting Sisnekhola of Dhading to Totipakha of ... More Information

Tunnelling News

Tunnel Boring Machine Market Size estimated at USD 7.08 Billion

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) market is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing urbanization, infrastructure development, ... More Information

Completing the First Section of Line 3: Tunnel Boring Machine Roars as it Emerges at Balboa

The Panama tunnel boring machine emerged and completed its first major task: the first section of the Line 3 Metro tunnel. More Information

Twin tunnel-boring titans prepare to dig new road under Sydney Harbour

Twin tunnel-boring titans are preparing to launch under Sydney Harbour to dig out a new road crossing from Birchgrove to Waverton... More Information

Monica Breaks Ground on Snowy 2.0

Monica the tunnel boring machine, with the renewable energy mega-project now more. TBM Monica is among the world's most advanced tunnel boring machines... More Information

Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 has set to work a fourth tunnel boring machine, a $75 million piece of drilling equipment purpose built to complete excavation of the huge pumped hydro project’s “geologically ... More Information

World's 'largest' underground assembly of tunnelling machines happening beneath Sydney

Workers are craning into place about 167 major pieces that will form the first of two giant boring machines. Once assembled like giant Meccano sets, ... More Information

Tunneling Begins on Major Water Pipeline for South Hillsborough

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Water has begun construction on a major underground pipeline project aimed at meeting rising water demand in southern Hillsborough County, where population growth ... More Information

The massive £3billion tunnel designed to connect two continents under the sea

The construction of a huge underwater multi-tiered tunnel is underway in Turkey, that will create a direct route from Asia to Europe - and is expected to carry 1.3 million passengers a ... More Information

Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt is further delayed

Traffic was supposed to start flowing through the controversial Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt in 2033. But that's unlikely to happen. The €1.5 billion project is facing further delays – ... More Information

What happens to our metro tunnel boring machines when they hit the end of the line?

These mechanical behemoths were Betty and Dorothy, the tunnel boring machines tasked with digging the Sydney Metro West tunnels. Loading. The ... More Information

The incredible £2.8bn underwater tunnel connecting Europe and Asia

A huge new tunnel will connect Europe and Asia - and construction has already started. The Great Istanbul Tunnel is a major project. It will carry ... More Information

China develops "smart brain" for tunnel boring machines to boost underground construction

A team from Hunan University in central China has collaboratively developed an intelligent operating system for tunnel boring machines, giving these massive underground giants a "smart ... More Information

How China rescued highway project under Yangtze River

The incident occurred in February 2023 during construction of the 6.4-kilometer Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel. Midway through excavation, at ... More Information

HS2 final tunnel drive to Euston starts next week

A team from SCS will drive a 4.5-mile twin-bore tunnel linking Old Oak Common to Euston using two tunnel boring machines, Karen and Madeleine. More Information

Work begins on £48M Knutsford sewer upgrade featuring 1.8km stormwater tunnel

Sean Reid, United Utilities county business lead for wastewater in Cheshire said: “This project highlights our ongoing commitment to improving water ... More Information

$14.6M boost moves Gering–Fort Laramie Canal Tunnel project forward

After nearly six years of planning, construction is moving forward on the Gering–Fort Laramie Canal tunnels... More Information

Webuild: second breakthrough at Trebisacce Tunnel along Jonica State Road 106

Project will help transform Jonica State Road 106 into a strategic corridor linking Ionian coasts of Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia... More Information

Ground preparation for Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling

Work is ongoing to overcome sub-optimal ground conditions in preparation for the start of tunnelling on the Lower Thames Crossing in late 2028, according to the project’s tunnels director... More Information

LA Metro approves massive $25B underground rail line to bypass 405 Freeway

The LA Metro Board unanimously approved an underground heavy rail line to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, bypassing the congested 405 Freeway. The nearly 13-mile route, ... More Information

TUNNEL VISION Mega £7.4bn undersea tunnel connecting two CONTINENTS just got one step closer

A MAJOR £7.4 billion underwater tunnel connecting two continents has taken a step closer to construction. Experts have said the 24-mile tunnel is “technically viable”, paving the way for ... More Information

TBM breakthrough in Sydney

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Jane Starkey successfully completed her 1.2km underground journey through challenging Sydney sandstone... More Information

Hochul announces $25 million for Harlem crosstown subway tunnel design

At E. 120th St., a pair of tunnel-boring machines — currently under construction in Germany — will bore new, 8,400-foot tunnels north from the end ... More Information

Tunnelling under the Yarra River

Our two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will soon be travelling underneath the Yarra River... Approximately 300 metres of the 6.5 kilometre North East Link will be under the Yarra ... More Information

The Boring Company says its tunneling machine is 'ready to mine in Nashville'

The Music City Loop project is aimed at transporting people from Nashville International Airport to Lower Broadway in roughly 10 minutes. By Li ... More Information

Norway Is Building the World's Longest and Deepest Tunnel Beneath the Sea

The Rogfast project, short for Rogaland Fixed Link, is an underwater road tunnel being built beneath Norway's fjords as part of the E39 coastal ... More Information

Future engineers become 'TBM Captains' for Suburban Rail Loop

Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will begin work this year. The tour of the eastern tunnel entrance was part of a long-term initiative, with ... More Information

Image gallery: Civil works completed on HS2's longest tunnel

Main construction on the Buckinghamshire structure began in May 2021 with the launch of two 2,000-tonne tunnel boring machines (TBMs), named Florence ... More Information

The Boring Company Launches Free Tunnel Contest: AI Applications for Smart Infrastructure

According to Sawyer Merritt on Twitter, The Boring Company has announced a contest to build a one-mile tunnel for free, inviting proposals for ... More Information

Out of sight: spectacular HS2 tunnels offer glimmer of hope for stalling project

Despite much soul-searching over UK’s inability to build infrastructure, two sections of HS2 under Chilterns are being hailed for their engineering... More Information

HS2 January 2026 update

We’re making progress building the main infrastructure for the new line. We’ve completed 80% of tunnelling and are working on major bridges, viaducts and embankments, and HS2’s new ... More Information

Implenia Secures EUR 350 Mln Projects For Bridges, Tunnel Works In Germany

Tunnel to join motorway sections and connecting roads. The Swiss construction and real estate company said the Peene Bridge project in Wolgast, ... More Information

Incredible new $7.9bn mega rail and road tunnel to be the world's longest

The safety of our workers is of utmost importance during the construction of the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel. We will await the findings of the ... More Information

TBM launch from Rukanpura soon as metro work gains pace

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the underground network is likely to be launched from Rukanpura on Bailey Road, which falls under Corridor I ... More Information

World's largest-diameter boring machine used for Yangtze River railway tunnel

China's domestically developed, world's largest-diameter vertical shaft boring machine 'Qiming' was officially put into operation in Taicang City ... More Information

HCMC approves sea-crossing route with undersea tunnel between Can Gio and Vung Tau

Ho Chi Minh City has approved a strategic proposal by Vingroup to construct a direct sea-crossing road connecting the Can Gio coastal urban area with Vung Tau beach town, cutting travel ... More Information

Changi Airport’s new underground link to take passengers from future T5 to T2 in 4 minutes

SINGAPORE – Passengers at the future Changi Airport Terminal 5 can expect to reach Terminal 2 in four minutes via the airport’s new underground link... More Information

SRL inspires TBM Captains - Victoria's Big Build

Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Captains. When SRL East opens in 2035 ... Construction of SRL East is powering ahead, with more than 3000 people ... More Information

Beneath winter's fjords: 17 miles of rock, 1300 ft deep

Rogfast tunnel construction beneath Norway's winter fjords, 17 miles long and 1,300 feet deep,. Credits: Ground Engineering. For years, the E39 ... More Information

Massive Sinkhole Opens Near $26 Billion Tunnel Project in Melbourne

A massive sinkhole has suddenly opened up in Melbourne near a major highway tunnel construction site, sparking safety fears and halting ... More Information