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Video: Launch of Crossrail’s TBM Sophia

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  • by Marc Johnson
  • in Rail News · Rail Projects · Videos
  • — 7 Feb, 2013

Sophia, Crossrail’s fifth tunnelling machine, began her journey from Plumstead to North Woolwich earlier this year as part of the construction of a tunnel under the River Thames.

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