HS2 works, West Ruislip, May 2023 – neighbour
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HS2 works, West Ruislip, May 2023 – neighbour
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 20 May 2023
OpenStreetMap labels the site 'HS2 Northolt Tunnels West Portal'. The high speed line, from its Euston terminus, will pass beneath West London in tunnels, emerging here at West Ruislip: see Image The view is roughly northeast from the bridge that carries Ickenham Road over the railway. The building is the clubhouse of Ruislip Golf Club, who may have lost part of their course to HS2. The photo shows the southeastern end of the contractor's extensive site, partly taken up with a large mound of excavated material. It is understood that the tunnel-boring machine (TBM) starts tunnelling at a vertical rock-face. That will have been achieved by digging a large deep pit using conventional earth-moving machines – hence the mound. The TBM is assembled in the pit. The remodelled pit becomes the portal of the tunnel. A similar process was carried out in Warwickshire, see Image Image reference: 7492236
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Image Location
Latitude
51.57039
Longitude
-0.438035