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A picture shows the tunnel boring machine head on the occasion of the completion of the first stage of the Lyon-Turin tunnel on September 23, 2019 in Saint-Andre. Launched from the Saint-Martin-la-Porte site in the summer of 2016, the tunnel boring machine "Federica" has completed the first 9 km of the south gallery of the 57.5 km base tunnel linking the cities of Lyon and Turin under the Alps to connect France to Italy. (Photo/Agencies)
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People look at the tunnel boring machine head on the occasion of the completion of the first stage of the Lyon-Turin tunnel on September 23, 2019 in Saint-Andre. Launched from the Saint-Martin-la-Porte site in the summer of 2016, the tunnel boring machine "Federica" has completed the first 9 km of the south gallery of the 57.5 km base tunnel linking the cities of Lyon and Turin under the Alps to connect France to Italy. (Photo/Agencies)
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French Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari (C), poses with workers on September 23, 2019 in Saint-Andre on the occasion of the completion of the first stage of the Lyon-Turin tunnel. Launched from the Saint-Martin-la-Porte site in the summer of 2016, the tunnel boring machine "Federica" has completed the first 9 km of the south gallery of the 57.5 km base tunnel linking the cities of Lyon and Turin under the Alps to connect France to Italy. (Photo/Agencies)