Europe’s largest artificial lake landscape and a new tourist region are being created where formerly excavators won brown coal by opencast mining: the Lausitz Lake District. Ten lakes in its core...
Safe fire protection is essential in underground transportation facilities. Underground railway tunnels require a balanced concept of technical measures for fire protection on account of the...
1 Introduction
Through the gap closure between the Essen-East junction (A40) and the Essen-North hub (A42), which is at the pre-planning stage, a new continuous north-south link is to be established...
The entry of the central and east European states to the European Union (EU) has expanded their opportunities for financing public transport infrastructure. The co-financing of such projects with EU...
1 Basic concept
The Brenner Base Tunnel is a nearly horizontal rail tunnel with 2 parallel tubes. The tunnel runs for 55 km between the railway stations of Innsbruck and Fortezza and is connected...
The 11th International Conference on Underground Construction Prague 2010 was held in the modern hotel Clarion in the capital of the Czech Republic from 14th to 16th June 2010. The conference...
The Asian city state of Singapore has experienced an enormous economic growth over the past few years. The requirements placed on the transportation infrastructure of this metropolis (5 mio....
Compared to 2-track tunnels, single-track long tunnels with a slab track, which can also be used by emergency vehicles, fulfil the highest demands for a safety and rescue concept. As result since 1998...
On the occasion of the IUT ’11 Underground Fair from September 14 to 15, 2011, an accompanying seminar on “Tunnel Redevelopment and Renovation” will take place. The seminar involving...
Following one and as half years’ preliminary work with 20 possible tunnel routes and 16 bridge variants being scrutinised, the state-owned Danish planning company Fehmarn A/S has proposed a 17.6 km...
