HS2 installs a plaque 40 metres below London to celebrate the Brunels’ engineering legacy
10-08-2026 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

HS2 installs a plaque 40 metres below London to celebrate the Brunels’ engineering legacy

A heritage plaque has been installed inside an HS2 tunnel 40 metres below London, marking the point where the new high-speed railway passes beneath the tomb of one of Britain’s most famous engineering families.
HS2 CEO Mark Wild and Director of the Brunel Museum install a plaque in the Euston Tunnel (c) HS2
The plaque has been fixed to the wall of the Euston Tunnel just as it passes beneath Kensal Green Cemetery, where Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, are buri
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