The Trento bypass, a key element to provide access to the Brenner Base Tunnel on the Italian side, has been greenlit for construction. This signal came after studies confirmed no environmental risks for workers and...Read more
Rail freight traffic at the Brenner Station, the main rail border crossing between Italy and Austria, has been reduced until further notice since Wednesday 22 March. This is because, as the Italian infrastructure manager Rete...Read more
With a length of 64 kilometres, including the bypass of Innsbruck, the Brenner Base Tunnel will be the longest underground railway connection in the world. With construction works hitting important milestones, this is a good...Read more
ÖBB has started 2023 with a bang in announcing combined railway infrastructure investments of 3,38 billion euros in the various Austrian states. The eastern part of the country and the federal state of Styria will...Read more
The Italian infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has launched a procurement for 970 million euros for the Trento rail bypass, in north-west Italy. This bypass is vital, as it is part of the Verona-Fortezza...Read more
The Brenner Base Tunnel moves closer to completion after the latest construction phase. The tunnel connecting the Italian town Fortezza with the Austrian border is finished. It will be part of the 64 kilometres long...Read more
Deutsche Bahn has awarded a contract to the engineering joint venture ARGE to plan the Innleiten-Kirnstein railway line. The section is part of the German-Austrian railway route connecting from the north to the Brenner base...Read more
A new report concludes that an underground connection to the Brenner Base Tunnel in Germany would not fully comply with the current regulations. A connection point underground, instead of the normal above-ground, is preferred by...Read more
Now that the Brenner Base Tunnel has reached the border of Austria, works will need to be continued on this territory. Three contracts have been awarded for the remaining construction lots in the Austrian project.Read more
After 14 kilometers and 3.5 years of tunneling, ‘Serena’, a 300-meter Tunnel Boring Machine, reached the Brenner Pass under the Alps. In May 2018, the machine started its work on an exploratory tunnel, going from...Read more
The route for the new German-Austrian railway line from the north to the Brenner Base Tunnel (currently in construction) has been decided. Of the five possible routes, the so-called ‘purple variant’, which consists of around...Read more
The construction of the 64-kilometer-long Brenner Base Tunnel between Austria and Italy is in danger of being delayed again. According to reports in Austrian media, the agreement with a construction consortium for the construction of a...Read more