Semmering Base Tunnel

Client

Austrian Federal Railways

Country

Austria, Gloggnitz - Mürzzuschlag

Duration

2006 - 2024

Services

Tunnel design in the alignment selection process, for environment impact assessment and for construction permission, tender design and final design of the tunnel, emergency station and shafts and as-built drawings; geotechnical consultancy during construction

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  • Tunnel design
  • Tender design and final design of the tunnel

Project objectives

The new Semmering base tunnel is an important section within a high-speed route of the Trans-European Network (TEN).

Project data

  • Total length: c. 27.3 km
  • Two single track tubes
  • Max. overburden: 870 m
  • Other construction works:
  • Emergency station with ventilation, 2 shafts (410 m / Ø c. 12 and 10 m)
  • Tmp. accesses Göstritz (1,040m), 75 m²
  • Tmp. shafts Göstritz (2 x 250 m / Ø 7 and 9 m)
  • Tmp. shafts Sommerau (2 x 100 m / Ø 8 and 14 m)

Project specifics

The challenges of this tunnel project are the water bearing sections with large amounts of water and high water pressures of the carbonat rock areas Otterstock and Grassberg (300 l/s, 300 m water head) as well as squeezing sections of fault zones, such as the Grassberg-Schlagl fault system.

Services

- Alignment development in the alignment selection process
- Collaboration in the preparation of the documents for the environmental impact assessment and for obtaining construction permission
- Forecast of the production costs in the respective project phases