Zublin/Hochtief to build Rastatt rail tunnel
12 August 2014GERMANY/SWITZERLAND - A joint venture led by Züblin and Hochtief was commissioned by DB Netz AG to deliver the shell construction of the "Rastatt Tunnel". The tunnel project is part of planning approval section 1.2 of the new railway route between Karlsruhe and Basel. The contract volume amounts to approximately EUR 312M (USD 417.6M).
The core element of the project is the twin-tube rail tunnel which passes directly under the city area of Rastatt and will be bored mechanically with a hydro shield TBM over a length of around 3.8km. The contract also includes the trough sections to the south and north as well as a supply shaft and an operational building.
"As a traditional company from the state of Baden-Württemberg, we are proud to play a major role as technical leader in another trail-blazing inner-city rail construction project," underlines Edgar Schömig, Director of Ed. Züblin AG, in view of the new large contract.
"We are very pleased that, with this project, we will be building an important part of Deutsche Bahn AG's main north-south railway route. Our experts with their expertise in tunnel boring machines are thus once again involved in the upgrading of modern, sustainable transportation infrastructure in Germany," says Wilfried Rammler, General Manager of HOCHTIEF Infrastructure GmbH.
Work will start on the project in November 2014 and conclude in mid-2018.
