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Stuttgart 21: Breakthrough at the Airport Tunnel – All Tunnels Completed

Deutsche Bahn has successfully driven all tunnels of the Stuttgart 21 project. In total, the tunnellers have dug around 56 kilometres of tunnel. With the last tunnel breakthrough on 14 September 2023 in the new airport tunnel, a milestone of the Stuttgart 21 project was reached.

The airport tunnel is part of the planning approval section 1.3a, which is being built by a consortium of the companies Züblin and Max Bögl. The approximately 2.2 km long tunnel consists of two tubes. It will connect the airport and the trade fair centre to the long-distance and regional railway network via a new...

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Issue 03/2020 Germany

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