The new Gotthard Base Tunnel can lay claim to many things: it’s the world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel, a milestone for the environment and economy. However, first and foremost it provides...
The Stuttgart–Ulm rail project is part of the new trans-European corridor from Paris to Budapest/Bratislava. The new Wendlingen–Ulm route as an element of the project crosses the Swabian Jura and is divided up into the sections Alb foothills, Alb ascent, Alb plateau, Alb descent and Ulm Station conversion in the appropriate plans. The 962 m long Widderstall Tunnel is located on the Alb plateau close to the route’s topographical highest point and is being constructed by cut-and-cover. The total cost of the tunnel will amount to 37 million euros.
LED Caution Lights at three Railway Crossings
The City of Cologne’s traffic committee had decided in September 2011 to test ground caution lights at railway crossings. The aim was to determine...
The following companies joined the STUVA during the first six months of 2016:
● Hailo-Werk, Haiger (Germany)
● Deilmann-Haniel GmbH, Dortmund (Germany)
● Albatros Engineering GmbH,...
Captioned “Goodbye Rail Bonus – Which Effects does it exert on Noise Precaution”?, Dr.-Ing. Friedrich Krüger, STUVA, is to chair a seminar on “Noise Prevention in Rail Traffic”. The...
Highly topical themes relating to mobility and tunnelling will once again be discussed at the “International Tunnel Forum” over two days at this year’s InnoTrans in Berlin. The organization und contents of this forum on September 21 and 22, 2016 will be the responsibility of the STUVA Inc. (Research Association for Tunnels and Transportation Facilities). The first event on September 21 is devoted to the issue of “BIM – An Added Value for Tunnelling?”. The second forum on September 22 will deal with the topic “Underground Stations – A special Safety and Security Risk?”
The next major construction site in Hamburg is almost upon us, for planning is due to start immediately for the eastern construction section of the new U 5 metro line. This section will involve more...
On 1 June 2016, 17 years after the first blast in the main tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel was officially opened at a five-hour ceremony. Politicians from Switzerland and other countries accepted invitations to attend, including the German chancellor Angela Merkel, the French president François Hollande and the Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi. Surrounded by members of the Swiss Federal Council, Swiss president Schneider-Ammann symbolically cut through the tape in the afternoon and handed over the tunnel to Swiss Railways SBB.
The connection Schaffhausen south of the Swiss autobahn A4 is to be rearranged, the
road network of the city Schaffhausen will be connected to the Klettgau and the municipality of Neuhausen at the...
In the middle of May, a few weeks before the official ceremony to open the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT), the Swiss Tunnelling Society (Fachgruppe für Untertagbau/FGU) presented their comprehensive engineering reference book “Tunnelling the Gotthard” to the public for the first time. On the occasion of the viewing in the presence of more than 150 guests at the Swiss Museum of Transport, speakers included the former Swiss Federal Council member Adolf Ogi, who gave a much noticed speech.
