Swiss Federal Railways SBB has unveiled plans to renovate the double-track Hauenstein Base Tunnel, part of the Basel–Olten railway line, one of Switzerland’s leading rail routes for freight and passengers.
The 8km tunnel was built from 1912 to 1916 and crosses the Jura mountain range between Tecknau in the canton of…
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Rail operator details the challenge of reopening derailment damaged Gotthard Base Tunnel
Damage from a freight train derailment inside the world’s longest rail tunnel is more extensive than originally thought, with repairs expected to take months.
Investigations by Switzerland’s national rail operator SBB into the freight train derailment in the west bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel on 10 August (see box) have…
Implenia JV selected to deliver Swiss ‘bottleneck’ relief rail tunnel scheme
Switzerland’s rail infrastructure operator SBB has appointed the IBD joint venture, formed by Implenia, Bernasconi and De Luca, to deliver a key contract on the Ligerz Tunnel project.
The CHF220M (£198M) deal involves construction of a 2.1km long double-track tunnel, of which around 1,850m will be formed by mining techniques and…
Network Rail signs with Swiss national railway operator to share AI asset inspection technology
Network Rail will work with SBB, the operator of Switzerland’s national railways, to look at using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to inspect steel bridges and track on the UK network.
Part of Network Rail’s newly formed International Research and Development Partnership Programme (IRDPP), the agreement with SBB will aim to uphold…