Topic: Tunnel

Engineering first for freight tunnel

There’s innovation on the East Coast Main Line, as UK engineers begin a complex civil engineering project to install a prefabricated tunnel under the tracks. A massive concrete and steel structure is being hydraulically jacked...Read more

14-01-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Test drive Ceneri Base Tunnel halted, 1.5 metre distance not possible

Work on the Swiss Ceneri Base Tunnel, the last to facilitate seamless rail freight traffic between north and south Europe, has been temporarily suspended. The current hygiene regulations that are in place to prevent the...Read more

02-04-2020|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Öresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden. Photo: Pixabay

Chinese company wants to build HH-tunnel connecting Denmark-Sweden

China Railway Tunnel Group, a subsidiary of state-owned China Railway Group Limited, has proposed to build the HH-tunnel connecting Helsingborg in Sweden and Helsingør in Denmark. The tunnel is a second rail and road link...Read more

05-03-2018|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen