Switzerland in future requires an efficient modern railway system more than ever before. By 2030 it is estimated that there will be an increased demand for up to 30 % more in passenger traffic and up...
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) used for producing the 2-track Weinberg Tunnel arrived at the for the time being final stopping point under the Zähringerstraße at the Central Station as scheduled...
Around 950 tunnellers from all over the world assembled in Vancouver/Canada from May 14 to 20, 2010. The occasion was the 36th Annual Meeting of the ITA – International Tunnelling and Underground...
The people of Copenhagen can relish the thought of continuing to enjoy distance heating. Towards this end the power company Københavns Energi undertook its biggest construction project so far:...
Following the opening of the STUVA Conference bearing the motto “Tunnels – Key to sustainable Mobility” and the opening speech on “The new HafenCity Hamburg: Urban Planning Concept and Traffic...
The Metro network in downtown Düsseldorf will be rounded off by the Wehrhahn line, towards this end the existing Heinrich-Heine-Allee Metro Station will be intersected and will gain great importance...
The roughwork execution and the concreting operations for the inner lining also progressed parallel to the drive at all construction sites. At the end of 2009, 85 from 176 cross-passages had been...
Significance of the Ceneri Base Tunnel
The ramps of the present railway route at the Ceneri possess gradients of up to 26 ‰. If the Ceneri Base Tunnel were not to be built additional locomotives...
Requirements on Surveying
At the very most 25 cm crosswise and along the tunnel and 12.5 cm in elevation are tolerated as deviations for the Gotthard breakthroughs. In order to remain inside these...
