Europe’s new shortcut: Fehmarnbelt tunnel construction after a year
‘In ten minutes to Denmark? We’re working on it’ – that’s what the sign says at the German site where the start of construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel…
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Will the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel be built privately?
An undersea tunnel between Finland and Estonia, which brings together the two capitals as a twin city. The ‘Talsinki’ tunnel is a vision of entrepreneur Peter Vesterbacka, but…
An underwater railway line from the USA to China: is it realistic?
InterBeringA 13,000km-long railway line from China to the USA, running partially underwater to cover the Bering Strait. It would be the finishing touch of the Belt and Road…
Finland and Estonia signed MoU including Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel
Finland and Estonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday 26 April 2021 for more cooperation. This will promote projects such as Rail Baltica, the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel, Trans-European…
Adif to link two Madrid stations with high-speed tunnel
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has launched a project to reform rail connectivity in Madrid and connect the stations Puerta de Atocha and Chamartín with a tunnel. With the…
Dozens of people killed in train derailment Taiwan
At least 51 people were killed by the derailment of a passenger train in Taiwan on Friday 2 April. It is the deadliest railway accident on the island…
This is how the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be constructed
Construction is underway for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel, which will connect Germany and Denmark. At 18.2 km, the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be the world’s longest immersed tunnel for both…
Northern Europe’s busiest single-track railway tunnel gets upgrade
Bane NOR has awarded contractor Azvi the task of rehabilitating the Ulriken tunnel from 1964 between Arna and Bergen. A new tunnel through the mountain Ulriken was recently…
Adif finishes part of Spanish section Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor
In Catalonia, Spain, Adif has finished railway works on the Martorell-Sant Sadurní section, part of the Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor. The Martorell tunnel is adapted to the European…
UK launches full construction of HS2 railway
UK’s government-funded company High Speed Two Limited has formally launched full construction works of the HS2 railway from London to Birmingham and Crewe. This project, which is considered…
SBB relaunches long-distance trains to Italy
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has resumed the long-distance international trains to Italy. From Monday, 29 June, they are available for the customers who want to travel from several…
Preparatory works for Chiltern tunnels on HS2 route
HS2’s contractors are carrying out the preparatory works on the launch site close to South Heat in Buckinghamshire. Next year, two boring machines will start to drill the…
Travel from London to Wales now faster and greener
British infrastructure manager Network Rail has completed the electrification of the Severn Tunnel. As a result, the entire route between London and South Wales is powered with overhead…
ÖBB on halfway in digging Semmering Tunnel
Austrian rail infrastructure manager ÖBB-Infrastruktur and its contractors have resumed the works at almost all the construction sites in the country. Among them is the Semmering Base Tunnel.…
Warsaw opens new metro extension
After 38 months of the construction works, the Wola section of the Warsaw Metro has been opened for the public service. The underground network of the Polish capital…