June 2023 saw an 8m diameter Robbins Single Shield complete its second tunnel on Turkey’s Bahçe-Nurdaği Railway. The machine completed…
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Robbins Double Shield Launches in Nepal
In October 2022, China Overseas Engineering Group Co. Ltd and China Railway No. 2 Engineering Group Co Ltd launched a…
Big Tex’s landmark breakthrough after diameter change
On July 25, 2022, ‘Big Tex’ a Robbins Main Beam TBM successfully broke through in Dallas, Texas, USA on the…
‘Mrs Vera’ begins Karstic tunnel challenge in St Louis
Spring 2022 saw a specialised Robbins 4.1m diameter Main Beam TBM launched in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to complete a…
Robbins Single Shield completes Canada’s Largest Outfall
On March 3, 2022, a 7.95m (26.1 ft) diameter Robbins Single Shield TBM completed a record-setting run below Lake Ontario….
XRE breakthrough on Chile’s Los Condores HEPP
A 4.6m diameter Robbins Crossover machine holed through in the Andes Mountains of Chile in the last quarter of 2021….
Robbins Crossover XRE claims world record in Turkey
In October 2021 a team of personnel from Kolin Construction, Turkish State Railways (TCDD), and Robbins field service gathered to…
Turkish XRE TBM Bores Best Day, Week & Month
History has been made twice on Turkey’s Eşme-Salihli Railway Tunnel where a 13.77m diameter Robbins Crossover XRE TBM has set…
Crossover TBMs complete Triple Tunnel Drives in Mumbai
In Spring 2021, the second of two 6.65m diameter Robbins Crossover XRE TBMs made its third and final breakthrough for…
Mega-Crossover TBM launches in Turkey
A Robbins 13.77m diameter Crossover XRE TBM launched recently in spring 2021 in Eşme, Turkey. The large machine is boring…