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Indian Railways’ longest electrified tunnel to change the freight transportation
- Jan, 13, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Indian Railways’ longest electrified tunnel has proven to be a major game changer in the country’s freight transportation. The tunnel located between South Central Railways’ Cherlopalli and Rapuru st...
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150 French public personalities to stop the construction of the new cross-border Lyon-Turin railway tunnel
- Jan, 13, 2023
- Railway Geotechnics Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- France
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Over 150 French public personalities have signed a letter asking to stop the construction of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel and redirect the investments toward exiting trains and routes. The letter wa...
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Banihal-Katra rail link: India's longest escape tunnel completed
- Dec, 21, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
India’s longest escape tunnel, which is 12.89 km long constructed on the 111km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed by the Indian Railways. The longest tun...
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Green light for the Swedish rail tunnel construction
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Other Geotechnical Railway Geotechnics Transportation Geotechnics
- Sweden
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 1.6-kilometre Ersmark tunnel will be constructed in Sweden by Spanish contractor Comsa in a consortium with Nortúnel S.A. After some delay due to an appeal, the Swedish Transport Administration (...
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The longest railway tunnel in Nordics handed over
- Nov, 23, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Deep Excavations Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 20km long Blix tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in Scandinavia and the first Norwegian railway tunnel with two separate tunnel tubes. It has been completed by joint venture Acciona Ghella (AG...
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An underground structure built entirely by robots
- Nov, 21, 2022
- Underground Structures Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Jacked Tunnels Other Geotechnical Risk & Reliability
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A British technology company, hyperTunnel, innovating underground construction, has revealed the world’s first entirely robot-constructed underground structure, built at its R&D facility in the N...
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Construction of Polihali Dam and Polihali Transfer Tunnel will start as contracts awarded
- Nov, 08, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Tunneling
- Lesotho
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded construction contracts for the Polihali Dam and Polihali Transfer Tunnel – the two biggest Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II cont...
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Kishtwar landslide: four killed, six injured
- Nov, 01, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Tunneling Underground Structures Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide hit an under-construction tunnel of a power project. The death toll reached four on Sunday, as three more bodies were recovered from the debris. At least six were rescued in injured condi...
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Maharashtra's longest road tunnel to be completed soon
- Oct, 27, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Structural Geology Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Maharashtra's longest road tunnel between Igatpuri and Kasara is nearing completion. It is built as part of the Nagpur Mumbai Super Communication Expressway (NMSCE), also known as Samruddhi Mahamarg....
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