BBT SE

Covid-19 protective measure: Contactless temperature measurement

More safety and protection with flooding forecast models

v.l.n.r.: Eröffnung durch Hannes Anzengruber, Vizebürgermeister der Stadt Innsbruck; Stefan Peer, Waldaufseher und Martin Keinprecht, Projektkoordinator des BBT-Bauloses Sillschlucht

04/19/2021

Brenner Base Tunnel: Breakthrough of first main tunnel below the Isarco river

About one month after construction works started, the excavation works for the first main tunnel below the riverbed of...

04/01/2021

Mules construction site: record progress for TBM Virginia

In March, tunnel boring machine (TBM) Virginia registered a 860-m excavation record at the Mules construction site

03/25/2021

Developing and implementing COVID safety measures

Right at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, BBT SE immediately took the evolution of the emergency situation very...

03/22/2021

World Water Day 2021: More safety and protection with flooding forecast models

Meant for the future relief of heavy traffic volumes, the Brenner Base Tunnel project is already bringing tangible...

03/19/2021

Alternative hiking trail opens in the Sill Gorge

The new trail which was set up makes the recreational area accessible despite the construction works

Status of the works of the Brenner Base Tunnel

The BBT tunnel system includes about 230 km of tunnels. 141 km have already been excavated.

Progress of the works

141 km

230 km

Railway tunnel 49 km

of 120 km

Exploratory tunnel 52 km

of 61 km

Other tunnels 40 km

of 49 km

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 2027. After that, there will be a year of test operations. The tunnel will become fully operational in December of 2028.

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.

minutes

The trip from Innsbruck to Fortezza takes 80 minutes today. The trip through the BBT will take only 25 minutes.

All facts