BBT: EU-COMMISSIONER VIOLETA BULC VISITS CONSTRUCTION SITES

07.12.2018 Fortezza / Bolzano - Following the recent breakthrough of the southern portal of the Brenner Base Tunnel,...

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BBT: BREAKTHROUGH AT THE SOUTH PORTAL OF THE BRENNER BASE TUNNEL

04.12.2018 Fortezza/Bolzano – The breakthrough to the southern Brenner Base Tunnel took place yesterday, only a few...

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OVER 4,800 VISITORS AT THE OPEN TUNNEL DAY EVENT AND THE BBT CONSTRUCTION SITE IN ISARCO

On Sunday, September 23rd, more than 4,800 enthusiastic visitors came to the construction site of the Isarco River...

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Open Tunnel Day in the Brenner Base Tunnel: 5,300 visitors at Austria’s biggest tunnel event

For the first time ever in the BBT project area of Innsbruck, it was possible to visit the various construction stages...

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The contract for largest construction lot in Austria has been awarded

- The Pfons-Brenner construction lot includes 50 kilometres of tunnel

- The bidding consortium led by PORR made the...

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The Brenner Base Tunnel - a new link through the Alps
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Chapter 1
Introduction: History
Chapter 2
Project area Austria
Chapter 3
Project area Italy
Chapter 4
3D Animation

Status of the works of the Brenner Base Tunnel

The BBT tunnel system includes about 230 km of tunnels. 93 km have already been excavated.
Progress of the works
bbt-progress
93 km
230 km
Main tunnels 28 km
Exploratory tunnel 36 km
Other tunnels 29 km
64
kilometres
This is the length of the Brenner Base Tunnel and the Innsbruck bypass with which it links south of Aldrans. This will make it the longest underground railway connection in the world.
2027
The construction work and the railway outfitting of the Brenner Base Tunnel should be completed by 2026. After that, there will be a year of test operations. The tunnel will become fully operational in December of 2027.
250
km/h
Passenger trains will travel through the tunnel at a top speed of 250 km/h.
1.350
measuring stations
Water quality is monitored at 1,350 measuring stations all along the project area.
25
minutes
The trip from Innsbruck to Fortezza takes 80 minutes today. The trip through the BBT will take only 25 minutes.
All facts