Last Chance For Public To Nominate Their 'Modern Day Heroes' In TBM naming Competition

 What have Olympians, Paralympians, politicians, members of the Royal Family, actresses, pop stars and famous authors got in common? The answer is that they’re all among the names suggested by the public so far in the naming competition for Crossrail’s final two tunnelling machines.

A total of eight Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will be used to build 26 miles (42km) of tunnels beneath London to form the central section of the Crossrail route. An event last week gave a glimpse of the scale and power of the huge 1,000 tonne machines as TBM Elizabeth broke through into the new Canary Wharf station box, marking the biggest milestone in the Crossrail project so far.

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