The Semmering Base Tunnel has been dug since the end of November 2024. The blow of the two tube was celebrated on Friday. From 2030 the “free journey through the Semmering,” said Manuela Waldner of the ÖBB, who represented the sick boss Andreas Matthä.
Commissioning will “revolutionize” railways on the Zuidroute. The Semmering Tunnel is “really a milestone,” said Milieu Leonore Gewessler (Greens) Minister. The train is “essential for climate protection”.
“It is impressed by what was done,” said the traffic councilor of the Lower Austria, Udo Landbauer (FPö). From 2030, Vienna and Graz have to be connected in less than two hours. In another 45 minutes it goes from the capital of the styrician state to Klagenfurt. “That will no longer work on the street,” said Landbauer on Friday.
Lining with concrete inner scale is already running
According to the ÖBB, the penetration of the two tube with 27.3 kilometers was “another large milestone”. The Lower Austrian Gloggnitz is connected to the styric Mürzzuschlag Underground.
The lining with a concrete dish has been running since 2020. After completing this work, the “Railroad -technical tunnel equipment” follows from the summer of 2025. In the 2020s and 2023 four people died in the work. This was thought during the ceremony in Gloggnitz on Friday.
The trains that have to run through the tunnel from 2030 have a speed of up to 230 kilometers per hour. The tunnel costs 4.2 billion euros. The southern route is 470 kilometers long.
Source: Krone
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