Tunnelling Marathon
Three Quarters Complete
Following Whitechapel
Breakthrough
By Nick Mann
• Thousand tonne boring machine,Victoria ,breaks through into
Whitechapel station as train tunnels reach 75% complete mark.
• Over 19 miles (32 kilometres) of tunnelling completed and
more than 2.5 million tonnes of earth removed
• Crossrail is being delivered on time and on budget
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