Daring HS2 protesters have dug a 100ft secret tunnel network underneath Euston Square Gardens. Demonstrators believe the small central London park is at risk from the high-speed railway development.
They claim it will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold to developers. The HS2 Rebellion group said protesters are prepared to occupy the tunnels, dug "in secret" over the last few months, and stay underground "for as long as it takes to stop HS2".
Tunnellers have worked "around the clock" using pickaxes, shovels and buckets to create the network, code-named Calvin, the group added.
With the help of local residents, soil from digging has been used to "fortify the barricades" at the network's entrance and insulate the
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