New Bebenroth Tunnel

Client

DB Netz AG
DB Projekt Bau GmbH, RB Nord, Hannover, Germany

Contractor

BeMo Tunnelling GmbH (BeMo)
(formerly: Beton- und Monierbau)
technical sponsor in joint venture
70% in JV “Bebenroth-Tunnel” (BeMo - Stutz)

Project location

Rail Line 3600, Frankfurt (M) Bebra-Göttingen, Witzenhausen, Germany

Start of construction

2010

End of construction

2012

Project total value

24.2 million €

Geology

Sandstone (lower triassic, “Mittlerer Buntsandstein”), Sandstone (“Röt” oberer Bundsandstein), lower/middle/upper lacustrine limestone, lower keuper, quarternary; (7 fault zones)

Technical Data

• Single track railway tunnel (1 tube) & connection structure
• Total length of tunnel: 1,030 m
o Mined: 970 m
o Cross section: 78 – 85 m²
• Connection structure: 134 m
o Cross section: 15 m²
• Excavation by drill and blast, excavator, 0,8% desc.
• Execution by NATM
• Earthworks, Materials Management

Further project related information

• Structural Analysis and Detailed Design (work & as-built drawings) by BeMo’s Tunnel Design Department, Innsbruck, Austria