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Flags waved through the front of TBM Elizabeth after her breakthrough at Washwood Heath Oct 2025

The cutterhead of TBM Elizabeth visible through the headwall at Washwood Heath following her 3.5 mile drive Oct 2025

TBM Elizabeth breaking through after excavating the 3.5 mile Bromford tunnel Oct 2025 2

Light shining through the cutter head of TBM Elizabeth after breakthrough Oct 2025

HS2 staff, engineers and tunnellers gather in front of the Bromford tunnels after the breakthrough of Elizabeth Oct 2025

Close up of HS2 staff, engineers and tunnellers celebrate the breakthrough of TBM Elizabeth at Washwood Heath Oct 2025

HS2 staff, engineers and tunnellers celebrate the breakthrough of TBM Elizabeth at Washwood Heath Oct 2025-2

HS2 staff watching the break through of Elizabeth, the second of two TBMs to breakthrough at Washwood Heath Oct 2025

Close up of the cutterhead of Elizabeth and part of the headwall she broke through Oct 2025

The twin bores of the Bromford tunnel with TBM Elizabeth to the left following her breakthrough Oct 2025

Close up of the cutterhead of TBM Elizabeth Oct 2025

A tunneller waves the flag of Donegal through the cutterhead of TBM Elizabeth following the breakthrough Oct 2025