Railroad (railway) tunnels
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| # | Name | Country | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gotthard Base Tunnel | Switzerland | 57091 m |
| 2 | Seikan Tunnel | Japan | 53850 m |
| 3 | Channel Tunnel | France | 50450 m |
| 4 | Lötschberg Base Tunnel | Switzerland | 34576.6016 m |
| 5 | Guadarrama Tunnel | Spain | 28418.6600 m |
| 6 | Taihang Tunnel | China | 27848 m |
| 7 | Hakkōda Tunnel | Japan | 26445 m |
| 8 | Iwate-ichinohe Tunnel | Japan | 25810 m |
| 9 | Iiyama Tunnel | Japan | 22225 m |
| 10 | Dai-shimizu Tunnel | Japan | 22221 m |
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Excavation stabilization for new section of Stuttgart 21
Project Approval Section 1.5 is part of a Stuttgart 21 sub-project, the railway project Stuttgart-Ulm. The section refers to the triangle between the train station in Feuerbach, the train station in Bad Cannstatt and the access to Stuttg ... [more]
Bad Cannstatt Tunnel – Pit for Smoke Removal Structure
The Bad Cannstatt Tunnel is being advanced within the scope of the major project Stuttgart 21, approval section 1.5, Lot 3. The approx. 3.8 km long railroad tunnel will connect Stuttgart Main Station with the new Neckar Bridge.
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Augsburg Transportation Hub, Germany – New construction of the West Tunnel
The Augsburg City project is the largest urban development to have been undertaken within the last decades in Augsburg, Germany. The redevelopment of local public transport under the name of "Mobilitaetsdreh ... [more]
Literature
- (2013): Aerodynamics, climate and ventilation in long rail tunnels considering an Andean base tunnel between Argentina and Chile / Aerodynamik, Klimatisierung und Belüftung von langen Eisenbahntunneln am Beispiel eines Basistunnels in den Anden zwischen Argentinien und Chile. In: Geomechanics and Tunnelling, v. 6, n. 4 ( 2013), pp. 312-326.
- (2018): L'Albula bis. In: Strade e Autostrade, v. 22, n. 132 (November 2018), pp. 44-46.
- (2017): Assessment of the Structural Safety of the Schiphol Railway Tunnel. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017, pp. 1233-1240.
- (1999): Besonderheiten der Planung und Abwicklung der Eisenbahntunnel am Gotthard. In: Felsbau, v. 17, n. 5 ( 1999), pp. 321-328.
- (2019): Bohinjski Predor, il traforo dimenticato. In: Strade e Autostrade, v. 23, n. 136 (July 2019), pp. 20-23.
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