Two tunnel boring machines (TBM) have been tested and marked ready for deployment in Toronto, Canada, to support works on the future Ontario Line South subway tunnels.
The 6.9m-diameter Herrenknecht AG Earth Pressure Balance TBMs have been shown off in an impressive video.
The Ontario Line will be a 15.6km subway designed to make it faster and easier to travel within Toronto and beyond.
The line will bring 15 new stations to the city and promises to give people more time back in their days, with a trip from one end to the other taking less than 30 minutes, compared to the 70 minutes it takes on transit today. There will also be significant relief from crowding throughout the existing transit network thanks to connections to more than 40 other travel options along the way.
Learn more about the project here.
