Issue 01/2013

Preliminary geological prospection and constant prospection during construction are of fundamental importance. At the end of 2012, over 16 km of the...

The Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel (KWT), operating with twin tracks, is located on the Moselle 321 corridor on line 3010 Coblenz – Perl in the Coblenz –...

The ADAC complains about it, many motorists object to it, it’s an unacceptable situation for fire services – many transport tunnels in Europe fail to...

As was reported in tunnel 6/2012 (September issue), a Workshop for Tunnel Operators was held at the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) in...

STUVA Staffer Dr.-Ing. Dirk Boenke awarded the 2012 Traffic Safety Prize Dr.-Ing. Dirk Boenke, head of STUVA’s Traffic + Environment section, was...

The Katzenberg is Germany’s third longest rail tunnel. Since December 2012 trains have sped through the almost 9.5 km long rail tunnel at speeds of up to some 250 km/h. For this purpose the high-speed...

It was with great sorrow that we learned of the death of our long-standing good friend Siegmund Babendererde. Born at Gielow near Malchin in...

The STUVA and the international trade journal tunnel together with 5 partners from industry successfully staged the 2nd German tunnel Forum in...

This issue of tunnel (1/2013) marks the end of my tenure in office as editor-in-chief. After more than 11 exciting and interesting years with tunnel...