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Massive pre-built tunnel is first for UK rail
The Engineer   12 January 2021   England  
(Credit: Network rail)
<p>Network Rail is making the final preparations for the installation of an 11,000-tonne pre-constructed concrete tunnel on the East Coast Main Line.</p> <p>Built on-site over the past nine months, the 155m concrete box will be slid under existing rail infrastructure ...
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China to build world’s longest underwater high-speed rail tunnel
RT Question More   02 November 2020   China   Zhejiang Province  
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<p>A project to construct China&rsquo;s first undersea high-speed rail tunnel in eastern Zhejiang Province was approved on Monday, according to The Paper digital newspaper. Investments in the project will amount to over $4 billion.<br />Construction of the ...
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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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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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Building of key Zhangjiakou high-speed rail tunnel begins
The Telegraph   14 November 2017   China   Beijing  
Construction of the Qinghuayuan tunnel, part of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, under way in the Chinese capital on 2 November 2017 CREDIT: VCG
<p>Complex high-risk construction beneath Beijing will be 6km long and play a vital role in transport links for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games</p> <p>Building of the Qinghuayuan rail tunnel has begun in Beijing as the construction of the intercity high-speed ...
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Temporary six-lane road to be built for construction of Sydney light rail tunnel
The Sydney Morning Herald   18 February 2016   Australia   Sydney  
The six-lane diversion will be built near the Albert "Tibby" Cotter Walkway at Moore Park. Photo: Wolter Peeters
<p>A temporary six-lane road will be built alongside Anzac Parade to allow for a tunnel to be dug for the $2.1 billion light rail line between Sydney's CBD and the eastern suburbs.<br>The temporary diversion will run along the eastern side of Anzac Parade ...
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VINCI officially inaugurates the Hallandsås tunnels, Sweden’s most challenging railway project
VINCI   09 December 2015   Sweden   Hallandsas Tunnels  
INCI officially inaugurates the Hallandsås tunnels, Sweden’s most challenging railway project
<p>- VINCI Construction Grands Projets and its Swedish partner Skanska succeeded in building the tunnels through the &ldquo;impenetrable mountain&rdquo; <br />- Sweden&rsquo;s longest railway tunnels were built using VINCI Construction Grands Projets&rsquo; ...
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River tunnel, 'grand' station take shape
Bangkok Post   23 October 2015   Thailand   Chao Phraya River  
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<p>Work on Thailand's first rail tunnel under the Chao Phraya River is expected to finish by Dec 5 this year and will connect with the Sanam Chai station train to be developed into a "palace hall" on the extended Blue Line rail route. <br>More than 75% of ...
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Early Planning for New Hudson Rail Tunnel Is Underway, U.S. Transportation Secretary Says
nytimes.com   02 October 2015   USA   Hudson River  
tunnels under the Hudson River
<p>The federal transportation secretary said on Thursday that officials were taking important initial steps to accelerate long-stalled plans to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.</p> <p>Speaking at a business breakfast in Manhattan, the secretary, ...
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Amazing Crossrail Video Via Crossrail Ltd
Youtube Crossrail Ltd   05 June 2015   UK   London  
<p>The Prime Minister and Mayor of London Boris Johnson celebrated the completion of Crossrail’s tunnels by going 40 metres below the capital to thank the men and women who are constructing the new £14.8 billion east-west railway.</p>
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