Crossrail delay
A machine malfunction has led to the suspension of digging on the Crossrail project.
Machine collapse causes Crossrail delay
Tunnelling on the multi-billion pound Crossrail project has ground to a halt just months after it started. After an accident with a hopper that collapsed, the giant boring machines which are digging the tunnels for the underground railway have had to be switched off. Simon Harris reports.
Crossrail hopper collapses at Paddington
by Simon Harris
The Crossrail scheme has hit a stumbling block, after a hopper fell over when it was loading mud from the new tunnels onto freight trains.
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