Mumbai rains disrupt formal launch of bullet train tunnel-boring work; Rail ministry orders immediate start

Mumbai has been witnessing heavy rainfall over the past few days, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued ...

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: India’s largest rail tunnel boring machine starts excavation

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project has achieved a major milestone with India's largest rail tunnel boring machine starting ...
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'Chessie' the boring machine back at work on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The huge boring tool affectionately known as 'Chessie is once again digging through the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay. "So think about a four-story building as long as a football ...

Largest tunnelling machine begins work on 6-km bullet train tube

The tunnel forms part of the 21-km underground section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor.

Ashwini Vaishnaw to launch Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train tunnel work

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will launch tunnel-boring work for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project on Sunday. The ...
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A French engineer watched a tiny worm chew through wet timber 200 years ago, and the giant machine his idea became is now eating through entire mountains beneat…

Tunnel boring machines can devour rock like a living creature. But the real surprise is what NASA and space engineers want to ...