Switzerland

New Rosshäusern Tunnel for Route Development

The 43 km long, mainly single-track route Berne-Kerzers-Neuchâtel (1901) in the Cantons of Berne, Freiburg and Neuenburg is part of the Berne-Paris link and the Berne S-Bahn transit system. The BLS AG as owner intends producing a twin-track system section-by-section. The Rosshäusern-Mauss section is being tackled between 2012 and 2016: it is to be straightened (shortened by 300 m) and in future designed for a speed of 160 km/h instead of 90 running over twin-tracks.

The core of the construction scheme with the new route alignment is the new 2 km long, twin-track Rosshäusern Tunnel replacing...

Issue 2014-06

The new tunnel will replace the single-track old Rosshäusern Tunnel with its many bends, dating back to 1901, which could not be redeveloped for economic reasons. The old tunnel is also to be used as...

Issue 2015-05 Switzerland

An important phase has been completed in the construction of the approximately 2 km long, two-track Rosshäusern Tunnel on the line from Berne to Neuchâtel. After the decision to change the method of...

Issue 2011-05 Austria

The Koralm Tunnel represents the core of the new 130 km long Koralmbahn, being set up between Graz and Klagenfurt, a twin-track high-speed line designed for speeds of up to 200 km/h estimated to cost...

Issue 2009-07 Germany

1 Arteries for Europe The European high-speed railway network (Trans-European Network) is being continuously expanded. The major project Stuttgart 21 WendlingenUlm is located centrally on the...

Issue 2011-08 Germany

At the beginning of April 2011 Bavarias minister of transport and the network executive of the Deutsche Bahnen (DB) signed the contract for financing and building the roughly 10 km long 2nd main...

tunnel 05/2012

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