BBT SE

Covid-19 protective measure: Contactless temperature measurement

07/07/2021

Tunnel World: A lot of news after re-opening

After some renovation works, the BBT Infocentre in Steinach am Brenner now offers many new exhibits on display.

06/29/2021

Opening of the new exhibition at Innsbruck Central Station

A permanent exhibition provides information about the Brenner Base Tunnel and the Munich-Verona railway axis

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...

Status of the works of the Brenner Base Tunnel

The BBT tunnel system includes about 230 km of tunnels. 142 km have already been excavated.

Progress of the works

142 km

230 km

Railway tunnel 49 km

of 120 km

Exploratory tunnel 53 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.

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