Civil works on a massive railway project in europe has been completed, officials have announced. The 4,270-Metre-Long Twin-Bore Rastatt Tunnel is a Major Part of a Scheme to ensure the section of a key rhino valley main line Betowen Karlsruhe and Basel in Switzerland Is Extended to For Tracks. Tunnelling, Done using Two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMS), has now finished, and final railway systems work is now underway.
The final part of the slab track, replacing the traditional elastic combination of sleepers and ballast, overhead electrification equipment, signalling, lighting and communication systems need to be installed. DB Said it is Working to ensure that the first trains are due to travel through the tunnel as Planned by the end of 2026. Karlsruhe and Basel – One of the Oldest Rail Lines in Germany.
Bosses say this is crucial for domestic and international rail traffic, as the secret is part of the “Most import European Rail Corridor” BetWeen Rotterdam and Genoa.
DB SAID: “The new doubles-track line begins in the first section of the line Betowen Karlsruhe and Rastatt South.
“The core of this section is the rastatt tunnel, which is just under five kilometers long.”
On its way from karlsruhe, the new line runs parallel to the b36 highway ötightim.
Then it is descends in a watertight concrete trough and passes through a tunnel under the city of rastatt.
Officials describe the rastatt tunnel as “one of the largest structures in the Major Karlsruhe-Basel Project”.
The tracks the emerge from the tunnel at rastatt-niederbühl, in a concrete troud to start with.
They then cross under federal highway (Bab) A5.
It comes after work on the tunnel had to stop in 2017, when part of the estern book collapsed, the international railway journaled.
This is also Caused Major Disruption to the Railway, as The Incident Severed the Existing Main Line on the Surface.
The line reopened later that year after A 275-Metre-Long concrete slab was laid to support.