Tunnel Albaufstieg - Bossler Tunnel (cross passages)

Railwail tunnel 2018 - 2020

Construction period:
2018-2020

Project type:
Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway

Location:
Aichelberg, Germany

Description:
The Boßler Tunnel is a railway tunnel currently under construction as part of the new Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway. The tunnel is approximately 8,806 metres (28,891 ft) long, built as two parallel single-track tunnels. The tunnel runs between Aichelberg and Mühlhausen im Täle under the Roter Wasen and the Boßler mountain. It is one of a series of tunnels underneath the Swabian Jura range.

Technology:
Cross-passages every 500 m. NATM (New Austrian Tunneling Method): Sequential method – drill and blast, Mechanical excavation.

Additional information: :
The works (cross passages) were executed for ARGE Tunnel Albaufstieg, Germany.

The STI company covers shooting and rescue work on German projects.