Crossrail has announced that it's second Tunnelling Boring Machine (TBM), named Mary, has now reached Woolwich Station Box, on its half-way journey to North Woolwich. The machine left Crossrail's Plumstead yard in May.
Her sister machine Sophia, arrived Woolwich in May and was undergoing maintenance at the same place. Mary is due to continue its journey southwards of the river after maintenance.
According to Crossrail, during the three months of its journey from Plumstead, Mary excavated over a 100,000 tones of material and installed 811 concrete rings to line inside of the tunnel, a major miles stone because "passengers in southeast London will benefit from some of Crossrail’s most significant time savings".
The message released on their website said that "With Crossrail, the journey from Abbey Wood and Woolwich to Bond Street will be at least 15 minutes quicker and passengers travelling to Heathrow will be able to shave around 40 minutes off their journey."
Crossrail said that "Sophia and Mary are constructing the Thames tunnel, which will run from Plumstead, via Woolwich and underneath the Thames to North Woolwich."
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