A giant tunnelling machine has been lifted to the surface after finishing work on a HS2 tunnel - and no wonder the project is costing so much.
The huge metal device has spent more than a year underground working on sections of the new high-speed rail network beneath the capital, finishing its project in June.
The so-called tunnel boring machine (TBM), named Emily, had been tasked with a 3.4-mile drive, starting at Victoria Road in the west London borough of North Acton.
It has now resurfaced as of Saturday, at its final destination of Green Park Way in the town of Greenford in neighbouring borough Ealing.
Since launching in February last year, it has completed one bore of the eastern section of the Northolt Tunnel, the second longest on the HS2 network at 8.4 miles.
