Sydney Metro West’s Final Tunnelling Contract Awarded Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 28, 20220 A John Holland, CPB Contractors (CPB) and Ghella joint venture (JCG JV) has been awarded the eastern tunnelling contract for the Sydney Metro West infrastructure project. TBM Wendy breaks through at Blues point as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project The tender process for the Sydney Metro West tunnel began
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
Final Tracks Laid for Grand Paris Express Line 14 North Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 21, 20220 A new milestone has been reached for the Grand Paris Express project, with teams from RATP laying the last 150 metres of track for line 14 north at the site of the future Saint-Denis Pleyel station. Welding of the last rails of line 14 at Saint-Denis Pleyel station This follows tunnel boring
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
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,
Construction of HS2’s Old Oak Common Station Box Begins Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 24, 20210 Construction of the 850-metre-long station box at HS2’s Old Oak Common station has now begun. When complete, the station will be one of the UK’s largest and best-connected transport hubs, with 14 platforms. The six high-speed platforms will be situated underground and connected to the eight conventional platforms by a split-level public
To Build or Not to Build? The Uncertain Future of HS2’s Eastern Leg Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 15, 20210 In the summer of 2019, as he stood poised to take the leadership of the Conservative party and enter Downing Street at last, Boris Johnson commissioned a review of HS2. The following November, just three weeks out from a general election, transport secretary Grant Shapps pointedly declined to rule out scrapping
HS2 Tunnel Boring Machine Completes First Mile Under the Chilterns Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 4, 20210 The HS2 tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Florence’ has passed the one mile mark this week, cutting through a mix of chalk and flint beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London. Within the Chiltern tunnels looking south towards London © HS2 Launched in May, the 170-metre long TBM is one of two identical machines
Scarborough Subway Extension Tunnel Boring Machine Undertakes Quality Control and Testing Prior to Shipment Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Eylül 6, 20210 While work continues to prepare the launch shaft for the Scarborough Subway extension’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Toronto, Canada, workers in Schwanau, Germany, have been busy manufacturing the machine itself. Scarborough Subway Extension TBM under construction in Germany © Metrolinx The 7.8 kilometre Scarborough Subway extension will be the first subway project