A Robbins 6.15 m-diameter EPB machine completed an impressive run on 13.01.2014 in China’s capital. In only three months, the machine for contractor China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) Bureau 5 excavated through 2.3 km of soft soils, clay, sand, pebbles, and highly weathered rock. The breakthrough marks the completion of the last section of the Line 6 Phase II extension, further lengthening Beijing Metro’s longest subway route. Read the press release. Visit www.robbinstbm.com. 11/14.

A total of 887 Segment rings were placed to support the variable geology at China’s Beijing Metro Line 6, Lot 15

A Robbins 6.15 m (20.2 ft) diameter EPB machine completed tunneling on January 13, 2014 in Beijing.