AlpTransit Gotthard, Gotthard Base Tunnel
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is currently the longest railway tunnel in the world, with a length of 57 km. It is part of the Swiss NEAT concept (NEAT = new railway Alpine transversal). Scheduled operations will start at the end of 2016. The entire tunnel system has a...
Taiwan High Speed Rail, Design Lot D3
The 345 km long high-speed line has been connecting the cities of Taipei and Kaoshiung since 2007. About 300 km are located on bridges. Thirty tunnels were needed. The installation speed is 350 km/h, which results in a travel time between the two cities of 90 min. The...
Mauvoisin II Hydropower Plant, Switzerland
In the mid-1990s Mauvoisin Hydropower Ltd. planned to increase the output of the existing plants by 550 MW to a total of 902.5 MW with the new Mauvoisin II hyropower scheme. In terms of construction, This increase in output would have been realized by a new 21 km...
