Tunnel Boring Machines Reach Halfway Point on HS2 Chiltern Tunnels Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Şubat 2, 20230 HS2’s tunnel boring machines, Florence and Cecilia have passed the halfway point on their 10-mile journey excavating the Chiltern tunnels. For the last 18 months, the 2,000-tonne machines have been excavating the project’s longest tunnels between the M25 and South Heath in Buckinghamshire. Each machine operates as a self-contained underground factory –
Canada: Tunnelling Commences on Scarborough Subway Extension Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ocak 20, 20230 Metrolinx has announced that tunnelling is now underway on Scarborough’s 7.8-kilometre subway extension in Toronto, Canada. The Scarborough subway extension will bring Toronto’s subway service further north into Scarborough, accommodating up to 105,000 daily boardings. Tunnelling has now commenced on this project following preparatory work on the launch shaft at Sheppard Avenue
HS2 Celebrates Construction Milestone with Relaunch of TBM Dorothy Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 24, 20220 HS2’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) Dorothy has begun its second one-mile tunnel bore under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. The BBV tunnelling team at the second launch of HS2’s Long Itchington Wood Tunnel TBM © HS2 This is the first HS2 TBM to be reassembled and reused, and marks the next construction milestone
The Railway-News Magazine Issue 4 2022 Track & Infrastructure Edition Is Here! Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 7, 20220 The Railway-News Magazine Issue 4 2022 Track & Infrastructure Edition Is Here! For our final e-magazine of the year we’ve updated our format and broken it down into three volumes: Rolling Stock, Data & Monitoring and Track & Infrastructure. In our Track & Infrastructure issue we take a look at the Sydney
HS2 Launches Second TBM to Tunnel Under London Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 28, 20220 A second 140 metre long, 2,050 tonnes tunnel boring machine (TBM) has begun its journey across London for HS2. This was switched on by HS2 Civils Delivery Director Mike Lyons. HS2 launches second London tunnel boring machine – Caroline © HS2 Named Caroline, after the first female professional astronomer Caroline Herschel, this TBM is
Sydney Metro West Welcomes First Tunnel Boring Machines Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 24, 20220 Sydney Metro West’s first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have arrived at The Bays Station site, from where they will carve out 11-kilometre twin tunnels to Sydney Olympic Park. These TBMs include refurbished parts from those used on the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project. The cutterheads, front shields and gripper shields
Tunnelling Begins on Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 10, 20220 Tunnel excavation will now begin on Vancouver’s Broadway Subway project. This will extend the city’s Millennium Line by 5.7 kilometres from VCC-Clark Station to Broadway and Arbutus, providing faster, more convenient travel options. Tunnel boring marks milestone for Broadway Subway project © British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Two cylindrical tunnel-boring machines (TBM),
HS2 Launches First of Six TBMs to Tunnel Under London Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 7, 20220 HS2 has launched the first of six tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will dig more than 26 miles of tunnels under London. This is the fourth of 10 HS2 tunnel boring machines to be launched, and will travel five miles from HS2’s Victoria Road site in west London towards Greenpark Way
HS2 Tunnel Boring Machine Completes First Breakthrough Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 26, 20220 Dorothy, HS2’s 2000-tonne tunnel boring machine, has made its first breakthrough on the UK’s high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham. The tunnel boring machine broke through at Long Itchington Wood at the end of last week, following eight months underground. This is the first of 64 miles of intricate tunnels set
Track Laying Begins on Lines 16 and 17 of Grand Paris Express Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 1, 20220 A new milestone has been reached on the Grand Paris Express project, thanks to the completion of the first half of the Line 16 tunnel between Saint-Ouen and Aulnay. This work, completed by four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), has enabled engineers to begin preparing sections of Lines 16 and 17 for
ÖBB Celebrates First Breakthrough in Semmering Base Tunnel Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 13, 20220 ÖBB has achieved its first breakthrough in boring the Semmering Base Tunnel, connecting the construction sites in Göstritz and Fröschnitzgraben, Austria. Almost 90 percent of the tunnel has now been bored, as more than 24 kilometres of the 27.3-kilometre twin-tube tunnel has been dug. The first breakthrough has now been made in
Singapore: Jacobs Secures Contract for Cross Island Line Project Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 10, 20220 Jacobs has been appointed as the design consultant for the design and construction of the Tavistock station and tunnels for the Cross Island Line Phase 1 project in Singapore. The contract is valued at approximately 302 million USD (407 million SGD) and includes the design and construction of the underground station,
Tunnel Boring Machine Completes Work for Grand Paris Express Line 17 Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 23, 20220 The Florence tunnel boring machine has completed its first mission, boring a 3.4 kilometre tunnel between Bonneuil-en-France and Le Bourget for Line 17 of the Grand Paris Express. Leaving in December 2020 from the Flandres shaft in Bonneuil-en-France, this all-terrain machine has been underground for more than a year and a
New Grand Paris Express Milestone with Breakthrough of TBM Mireille Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 31, 20220 A key milestone in the Grand Paris Express project has been achieved with the first breakthrough of tunnel boring machine (TBM) Mireille at the site of the future metro line 16’s Clichy-Montfermeil station in northern Paris. New Grand Paris Express Milestone with Breakthrough of TBM Mireille © Stéphane Bouquet The Grand Paris
HS2: Chiltern Tunnel North Portal Designed to Cut Traffic Noise Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 25, 20220 HS2 has unveiled the designs for the Chiltern Tunnel’s north portal. These focus on cutting noise from trains as they enter and exit the tunnel at speeds of over 300 kilometres an hour. The designs have been developed and will also be built by HS2 main works contractor Align JV, which consists
HS2 Tunnel Boring Machines Reach Chalfont St Peter Ventilation Shaft Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 15, 20220 The two HS2 tunnel boring machines excavating the tunnel through the Chilterns have completed the first stage of the tunnelling project, from the tunnel’s south portal to the first ventilation shaft at Chalfont St Peter. Together, the two 2,000 ton TBMs, called Florence and Cecilia, have now dug more than 3.6
Peru: Celebrations for Lima Metro’s First TBM Breakthrough Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ocak 27, 20220 The first tunnel‐boring machine (TBM) to excavate beneath the city of Lima, Peru has completed an initial 720m section of tunnel, breaking through at Lima Metro’s Future Line 2 Circunvalación Station. Delia, the first tunnel‐boring machine (TBM) to excavate beneath the city of Lima, Peru breaks through at Lima Metro’s Future
Austria: Webuild Begins Work on New Brenner Base Tunnel Lot Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ocak 26, 20220 WeBuild has begun work on Lot H41 Gola del Sill‐Pfons of the Brenner Base Tunnel using two tunnel‐boring machines (TBMs) with diameters of over 10 metres. A key part of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) project, the Brenner Base Tunnel will link Italy and Austria under the
Canada: TBMs Travel to Toronto to Dig Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Tunnels Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 7, 20210 Work on Toronto’s Eglington Crosstown West Extension is a step closer to starting, as the project’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are now on their way to Canada. The ECWE tunnel boring machine in the German factory After testing was completed in Germany, the TBMs were dismantled and packaged into 14 shipping containers
HS2 Launches First Tunnel Boring Machine in the Midlands Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 6, 20210 Dorothy will remove 250,000 cubic metres of mudstone and soil. These will go to the on-site slurry treatment plant, where the material will be separated and then used on embankments and for landscaping along the line. The final section at the tunnel’s southern end will become a cut and cover tunnel,