A second tube was produced largely by mining means together with cross-passages to the existing bore for the more than 5 km long, single-tube Roppen Tunnel near Imst for the Inntal motorway (A12)....
The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) project engineers working on the new Lower Inn Valley line awarded themselves an early Christmas present in late 2010, with the application, at Radfeld on December...
The international fair for underground construction and tunnelling – the IUT ‘11 – from September 14 to 15, 2011 at the Hagerbach Test Gallery (VSH) – is a unique event worldwide: after all...
An extensive safety-technical project by the ÖBB Infrastruktur AG has been concluded following 6 years of work for the Arlberg Tunnel has now bee operational again on a 2-track basis since December...
It was realised relatively early on that the Mainz railway hub could not be adequately serviced by means of the 2-track rail tunnel in use since 1887. The Old Mainz Tunnel (AMT) consists of 2...
Work on producing 2 further tunnels on the 107 km long new rail route (NBS) between Ebensfeld and Erfurt with a designated speed of 300 km/h has begun. The route is part of the 500 km long new and...
The first Swiss north-south high-speed route between Zurich and Milan including the Gotthard and Monte Ceneri tunnels is some 90 km long. Since 2009 work on installing the rail technology in the...
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2010 represented an outstanding year for the AlpTransit Gotthard AG as the NEAT Gotthard Axis client with the main breakthrough at the Gotthard Base Tunnel. It can also be described as...
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The Ceneri Base Tunnel passes through Monte Ceneri over a length of 15.4 km. The overburdens amount up to 800 m. The route alignment takes the geological and topographical conditions...
In early March 2011, a 6.2 m (20.3 ft) diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM crossed the finish line in Sochi, Russia. The machine completed a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) long section of tunnel that will ultimately...
