1 Introduction
The Russian city of Sochi is the venue selected for the Winter Olympics in 2014. The region extends for 145 km along the north-east coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus...
The tunnelling market in Brazil started to develop in the second half of the 19th century, even before the advent of dynamite for the excavation of tunnels in rock. At that stage, only 3 centuries...
A visit by Brazilian tunnelling experts represents a particular highlight at the IUT ’11. They are visiting the IUT in order to establish contacts, seek advice and above all present tunnelling in...
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...
In autumn 2011 STUVA and tunnel are jointly embarking on a new series of events captioned the “German tunnel-Forum”. We are pursuing the aim of presenting out-of-the-ordinary special topics on...
The Ceneri Base Tunnel
The Ceneri Base Tunnel is the logical continuation of the Gotthard Base Tunnel towards the South, and it creates a continuous flat rail link through the Alps with the New...
The 2-track Kulch Tunnel with a length of 1,331 m in the Lichtenfels district is part of the 107 km long new railway line (NBS) between Ebensfeld and Erfurt, (with altogether 22 tunnels with 41 km...
After the Malmö City Tunnel was opened by King Carl Gustav XVI of Sweden the new route from the Öresund Bridge to Malmö went into service on December 12th, 2010 with the introduction of the winter...
Conventional tunnelling methods have a long standing tradition in Korea but adoption of Tunnel Boring Machines has not kept pace with the rest of Asia. With the intention to increase awareness of TBM...
In Europe Spain has the longest route network for fast links by rail involving more than 2,000 km – with Madrid as the hub for rail long-distance traffic on the Iberian Peninsula. The high-speed...
