On 04/06/2015 10:06, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:43:10 on Thu, 4 Jun 2015,
Jim Chisholm remarked:

Eight boring machines have been cutting their way through earth to
create 26 miles (42km) of tunnels."

That's the new tunnels, plus the exciting machines which re-did the
kilometre of Connaught tunnel.
And isn't it a shame that these boring machines and their expert
workforce cannot now move directly to start CROSSRAIL2?