Switzerland

Renewal of the Albula Tunnel

The Albula Tunnel is located on the Chur-Thusis-St.Moritz/Chur-Thusis-Pontresina-Tirano route. Since 2008, it has been part of the UNESCO world heritage “Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina District”. Situated at 1,800 m ASL it is the highest Alpine standard-gauge railway tunnel.

After 110 years of service the Rhaetian Railway’s (RhB) 5,860 m long Albula Tunnel urgently needs to be refurbished. After thoroughly scrutinizing the alternatives “maintenance” and “new development” the operator decided in favour of building a new second tunnel bore and redeveloping the existing one. The deciding...

Issue 2014-06 Switzerland

The Albula Tunnel opened in 1903 belonging to the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) is 5.8 km long with a single track. A new parallel tunnel is now to be built 30 m away from the existing one owing to damage to...

Issue 2015-02 Switzerland

A new tunnel in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden, to be built within the next four years, should secure a long-term, winter-proof route between Upper Engadine and the Chur/Landquart region. Rhätische...

Issue 2019-01 Switzerland ¤ Schweiz

The second bore 5860 m long for the Albula Tunnel of the Rhätische Bahn (RhB) in Switzerland was broken through on 3 October 2018 after about three years of construction. The tunnel was driven from...

Issue 2012-04

1 Background and Aims of the Working Group The Working Group on Tunnel Redevelopment was prompted by the findings obtained from carrying out the first 2 projects concerned with enlarging the...

Issue 2010-02 Austria

One of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB Infrastruktur AG) biggest safety technical projects is being tackled in the 10.5 km long twin-track Arlberg railway tunnel (built between 1879 and 1894)...

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