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Huge tunnel network creates new railway link through the Alps
CNN   20 February 2020   Switzerland  
Work on the Gotthard Base Tunnel was completed in 2016. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images
<p>(CNN) — Thousands of feet under the Swiss Alps, a new high-speed, high-capacity railway is close to completion.<br>At its heart is the world's longest railway tunnel -- the 35-mile-long (or 57-kilometer) Gotthard Base Tunnel.<br>Everything about this $11.3 ...
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Dam the North Sea: Dutch scientist proposes €750bn mega dams to protect Europe from floods
GCR News   13 February 2020  
<p>A scientist working for the Dutch government is to propose building two immense dams to enclose the North Sea and protect some 25 million Europeans from the rising sea levels.<br />One dam would be between Scotland and Norway, with the other between France ...
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Mumbai to receive largest tunnel boring machine from China in February for BMC's coastal road project
The Free Press Journal   30 December 2019   India   Mumbai  
Mumbai coastal road projectImage source: Field Services On Demand/Twitter
<p>Mumbai will get yet another tunnel boring machine but not for Metro 3 project, this time it will be for coastal road project. Reports have surfaced saying that the city will receive its largest tunnel boring machine from China in February for BMC's coastal ...
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Germany's second-highest traffic bridge opens
DW   21 November 2019   Germany   Western Germany  
<p>Public traffic flowed for the first time across what is now Germany's second-highest road bridge on Thursday afternoon.<br>The Hochmoselbrücke, or High Mosel Bridge, stretches 1.7 kilometers (1 mile) across and 160 meters (524 feet) above the Mosel River ...
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Under wraps: Sydney's first rail tunnel dug beneath harbour
The Sydney Morning Herald   21 November 2019   Australia   Sydney  
Tunnel boring machine Kathleen being assembled at the site of the new Barangaroo metro station before she started tunnelling under the harbour.
<p>It was a historic moment that passed Sydney by.<br />Without any public fanfare, a giant tunnel boring machine named Kathleen has completed digging the first rail tunnel under Sydney Harbour for a new metro train line.<br />So unremarked has been the occasion ...
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Doha Metro to open Gold Line for public from Thursday
The Peninsula   19 November 2019   Qatar   Doha  
<p>Doha: The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) has announced that the trial operation of the Doha Metro's Gold Line will start for the public this Thursday, November 21. The line extends from Ras Bu Abboud Station to Al Aziziyah Station.<br />The ...
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Vesterbacka's Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel would "not be profitable," rail historian says
yle   17 September 2019   Finland  
Vesterbacka has said the 100 km tunnel would be ready by the end of 2024. Image: FinEst Bay Area Helsinki
<p>Ambitious plans by businessman Peter Vesterbacka to dig a pair of rail tunnels below the Gulf of Finland to link Helsinki with Tallinn, Estonia are not economically feasible, according to railway historian, journalist and author Jan-Erik Wiik.<br>Wiik, ...
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Ville-Marie and Viger: Downtown tunnels are getting a makeover
Montreal Gazette   05 September 2019   Canada   Montreal  
Massive ventilation shafts provide air to the tunnel and pump out air pollution from the tunnel
<p>They handle 118,000 vehicles per day, are surrounded by an ancient river and can pump out the equivalent of two Olympic-sized swimming pools of water daily.<br />The tunnels that run under the city&rsquo;s downtown core, next to m&eacute;tro stations, pedestrian ...
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Metro Tunnel's big borings meet up, 11-storeys beneath the city
The Age   18 July 2019   Australia   Melbourne  
The boring work has been going on for months.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
<p>The State Library station being built as part of the $11 billion Metro Tunnel project is starting to take shape, with the underground station's first platforms being carved out of the earth beneath Swanston Street.<br />A 200-metre long tunnel has been ...
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Indonesia plans to start building 7km sea bridge linking Batam and Bintan next year
The Straits Times   11 July 2019   Indonesia  
PHOTO: REUTERS
<p>JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) - Indonesia plans to start building its longest sea bridge next year to connect two islands near Singapore and boost growth and trade with the neighbouring hub.<br />The 7km bridge connecting Batam and Bintan will cost as much as 4 trillion ...
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