Great British Railway Journeys to feature HS2's first completed tunnel in Warwickshire. Journalist, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo visited HS2's Long Itchington Wood site to film inside the tunnel. It will be aired in the Long Itchington to Moseley episode on BBC Two at 6.30pm on Wednesday 19 July.
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The 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine Dorothy sets off for second tunnel drive under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. The first one-mile tunnel bore was completed in July this year the first breakthrough on the HS2 project.
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Massive Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in Warwickshire becomes first on the HS2 project to complete its full journey undergroundThe first bore of the one-mile tunnel under Long Itchington Wood has been dug in seven months.
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