The expansion works of Metro de Madrid's Line 11 are advancing steadily underground. The tunnel boring machine Mayrit, a machine of considerable proportions, is the main protagonist. It excavates the subsoil while placing 42 concrete segments every seven hours to form the tunnel, in a constant task that knows no pauses.
Continuous excavation pace and logistics 🚇
Mayrit works without interruption. Its activity is so intense that it makes up to ten daily trips to Madrid to transport extracted material and necessary supplies. Each segment placement cycle requires millimeter precision. The process involves soil extraction, assembly of concrete rings, and resource replenishment, all coordinated to maintain sustained progress beneath the capital.
The steel worm that never takes a day off ⚙️
While many Madrileños dream of a long weekend or a weekend getaway, Mayrit does not rest for a second. This steel beast eats earth, drinks electricity, and spits out segments like churros. Of course, if any neighbor notices a suspicious tremor under their house, they should not be alarmed: it is just the tunnel boring machine working overtime so that, in a few years, we can go from Conde de Casal to the beach without changing lines.