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bombcar 7 hours ago

Blasting through rock is expensive and only done if needed - I'd suspect that most projects now are cut and cover or tunnel boring machine - both of which can also be terribly expensive (see: Seattle).

ianburrell 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Blasting through hard rock is easy. Finland has perfect rock and makes lots of tunnels with blasting. Soft rock needs support so TBM tunnels and shores up.

rsynnott 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, this one looks to be TBM for most of the underground sections.