Emergency management in the BBT project: foundations laid for cross-border cooperation

Emergency response activities in case of rail traffic breakdown play a key role in construction of the Brenner Base...

Construction site H41 Sill Gorge-Pfons: TBM Ida reaches its halfway point

TBM Ida has reached her halfway point: on 22nd July 2024, she completed the excavation of the first 4 kilometres along...

Tubbing ring production in the BBT project: a model of environmental sustainability

Tubbing rings are precast concrete elements that form the final lining of the tunnels. Environmentally sustainable...

H53 Pfons-Brenner site: arrival of the first tubbing rings at the construction site

Unlike the neighbouring lot H41 Sill Gorge-Pfons, on the H53 Pfons-Brenner site it is not possible to produce the...

Wildly successful Open Tunnel Day at the Brenner Base Tunnel, at the Isarco Underpass construction site

The Open Tunnel Day is a regular event held every year by the Brenner Base Tunnel company, to meet people living in the...

Status of the works of the Brenner Base Tunnel

The BBT tunnel system includes about 230 km of tunnels. 173 km have already been excavated.
bbt-progress
173 km
230 km
Railway tunnel 73 km
Exploratory tunnel 56 km
Other tunnels 44 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.
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.