Event-Calendar
Nachrichten | News
New Rosshäusern Tunnel for Route Development
The 43 km long, mainly single-track route Berne-Kerzers-Neuchâtel (1901) in the Cantons of Berne, Freiburg and Neuenburg is part of the Berne-Paris link and the Berne S-Bahn transit system. The BLS AG as owner intends producing a twin-track system section-by-section. The Rosshäusern-Mauss section is being tackled between 2012 and 2016: it is to be straightened (shortened by 300 m) and in future designed for a speed of 160 km/h instead of 90 running over twin-tracks.
The core of the construction scheme with the new route alignment is the new 2 km long, twin-track Rosshäusern Tunnel replacing...
Find out more in
tunnel 05/2012
Mode of Construction for the New Rosshäusern Tunnel changed
The new tunnel will replace the single-track old Rosshäusern Tunnel with its many bends, dating back to 1901, which could not be redeveloped for economic reasons. The old tunnel is also to be used as...
Issue 2015-05 Switzerland
Rosshäusern Tunnel Breakthrough
An important phase has been completed in the construction of the approximately 2 km long, two-track Rosshäusern Tunnel on the line from Berne to Neuchâtel. After the decision to change the method of...
Issue 2014-04 Germany
Work has started on the Falkenberg Railwaytunnel
The Falkenberg Tunnel represents an essential part of the upgraded Hanau-Aschaffenburg-Würzburg route and is being produced to the south of the existing rail line and the Schwarzkopf Tunnel. Work...
Lahntalbahn: Renewal of Two Tunnels
On the twin-track Lahntal route the 319 m long Hollrich Tunnel and the 232 m long Langenau Tunnel between Nassau and Obernhof were built in 1860 and are located some 1,000 m apart. After more than 150...
New Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel opened in April
The Deutsche Bahn opened the new single-track Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel on the Moselle route near Cochem on April 7, 2014. Work on the new 4242 m long tunnel started four years ago. It was produced by a...
Interest in our newsletter?
» Suscribe for free!
eMagazine Subscription
The digital version of tunnel, the tunnel App, is also available as an annual subscription or as a digital upgrade for print subscribers. Use the advantages of the tunnel App!
Further information about the tunnel App
Subscription | Media kit
Download the current issues of our product overviews
AT SCREENING TECHNOLOGY and
AT CRUSHING TECHNOLOGY .