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Breakthrough in the Himalayas: Second TBM Reaches Its Destination Near Rishikesh

Assembly of one of the two Single Shield TBMs in front of the portal, on the jobsite directly above the Ganges Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht
Assembly of one of the two Single Shield TBMs in front of the portal, on the jobsite directly above the Ganges
Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht
The segments are stored in front of the main portal until they disappear into the tunnel with a multi-service vehicle from Herrenknecht subsidiary TMS to line the inner wall Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht
The segments are stored in front of the main portal until they disappear into the tunnel with a multi-service vehicle from Herrenknecht subsidiary TMS to line the inner wall
Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht
Breakthrough of the first of two Herrenknecht Single Shield TBMs in April 2025 Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht
Breakthrough of the first of two Herrenknecht Single Shield TBMs in April 2025
Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht
High-tech underground: Single Shield TBMs are the ideal machine type for tunnelling in rock and other stable, non-water-bearing soils Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht
High-tech underground: Single Shield TBMs are the ideal machine type for tunnelling in rock and other stable, non-water-bearing soils
Credit/Quelle: Herrenknecht

In late June 2025, the last of two Herrenknecht Single Shield TBMs successfully completed its drive for the new railway line between Rishikesh and Karnaprayag in the Indian Himalayas. The first machine had already reached its destination in mid-April. Now both parallel tubes of the more than 20-kilometer-long tunnel system are complete.

Railway Line Rishikesh–Karnaprayag

The young Himalayas were long considered virtually unconquerable for tunnelling. Only a few projects in the region‘s complex geology have been crowned with success to date. This makes the breakthrough of the second machine in...

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