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Unique HS2 tunnel portal completed to solve high-speed rail’s ‘sonic boom’ conundrum
Unique HS2 tunnel portal completed to solve high-speed rail’s ‘sonic boom’ conundrum

Contractors building HS2 have completed work on a pair of innovative extensions to the southern portal of its longest tunnel to eliminate the possibility of ‘sonic boom’ being created by high-speed trains entering at 200 mph (321 km/h). 

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