Germany

First Tunnel Boring Machine approved for Rastatt Tunnel

Official acceptance of the first of two TBMs for the Rastatt Tunnel in early December 2015 | Quelle/credit: Herrenknecht
Official acceptance of the first of two TBMs for the Rastatt Tunnel in early December 2015
| Quelle/credit: Herrenknecht

The first of two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for the Rastatt Tunnel by manufacturer Herrenknecht was approved by the customer, the Tunnel Rastatt JV, on December 8, 2015 at the factory in Schwanau. The two mix-shields will each tackle a bore of the twin-tube tunnel completing them in carcass state. The rail tunnel is part of the new/upgraded Karlsruhe–Basle rail link.

The 93 m long mix-shield S-953 with a weight of 2300 t, a shield diameter of 10.94 m and a cutting wheel output of 1820 kW is now being dismantled and transported to the access pit at Ötigheim. Once reassembled, the machine will...

Find out more in

tunnel 08/2015

Find out more in

tunnel 08/2015

Ressort:  Nachrichten | News
subscription Content

Related articles:

Issue 02/2012 Germany

Building the Rastatt Tunnel

A tunnel is to be produced in Rastatt after all in conjunction with the 4-track upgrading of the Rheintal railway. It will undercut the entire bounds of the city as well as the Federbach lowland area...

more
Issue 01/2016

Rastatt Tunnel: Strict Demands placed on mechanized Tunnelling

Overview of the Overall Project and Targets The new/upgraded Karlsruhe-Basle rail route is a part of the European freight corridor Rotterdam–Cologne–Basle–Milan–Genoa as well as the...

more
Issue 03/2017

Glass Fibre Reinforcement at the Rastatt Tunnel

The line being newly built and upgraded between Karlsruhe and Basel is part of the European rail network from Rotterdam to Genoa. Running from the ports of the Netherlands to the Mediterranean, this...

more
Issue 03/2013 Germany

Katzenberg Tunnel operational

The 8,385 m long Katzenberg Tunnel was opened after 9 years of construction when the timetable changed on December 9, 2012. A few days previously 2 trains, an ICE and a goods train, passed parallel...

more
Issue 08/2014 Germany

Rastatt Tunnel commissioned

The Rheintalbahn (Rhine Valley Railway) is one of Germany’s busiest rail routes. It is extended on to four tracks mainly for the requirements of freight traffic running between the container ports in...

more