Another year needed to complete Rastatt tunnel after 2017 collapse

Rastatt tunnel, image: DB / Udo Görisch
image: DB / Udo Görisch

The completion of the Rastatt tunnel on the Rhine Alpine corridor is pushed back again. The railway tunnel in Germany will not be operational until mid-2026, Deutsche Bahn (DB) has said. The tunnel was planned to be delivered in 2025, according to the reconstruction plan made after a collapse occurred behind the tunnel boring machine in 2017.

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Another year needed to complete Rastatt tunnel after 2017 collapse

Rastatt tunnel, image: DB / Udo Görisch
image: DB / Udo Görisch

The completion of the Rastatt tunnel on the Rhine Alpine corridor is pushed back again. The railway tunnel in Germany will not be operational until mid-2026, Deutsche Bahn (DB) has said. The tunnel was planned to be delivered in 2025, according to the reconstruction plan made after a collapse occurred behind the tunnel boring machine in 2017.

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