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Train tunnel reopened as part of East Coast upgrade
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It’s 11,000 tonnes, weighs more than the Eiffel Tower and is a first for UK engineering.
Last month we pushed this huge curved concrete box under one of Britain’s busiest railway lines, near Peterborough. Actually, we pushed this concrete box inside guide tunnels – at just 150cm an hour.
What for and why?
This exciting project is part of the £1.2bn East Coast Upgrade to allow more trains to run and deliver quicker journeys between London, the North of England and Scotland.
We spent nine days at Werrington, north of Peterborough, building a new tunnel so we could separate slower local services and freight trains from fast main line routes.