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500 metres still to go to reach the Brenner Pass: Flavia is almost at the finish line

Flavia’s journey started in April of 2019. She is a 200-metre-long tunnel boring machine weighing 2,750 tonnes and she moves through the mountain powered by a 4,200 kW engine. To date, Flavia has…

ÖBB Rail Cargo, ARGE H53 and BBT SE: Working together for the future

Working with the H53 contractor consortium, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) ensures the sustainable transport of prefab concrete construction elements known as tubbing rings and other construction…

Wilma’s first kilometre: the Austrian TBM is advancing northwards

Flavia is only 300 metres from her goal, Ida has passed the “Werner” fault zone and our TBM named Wilma is forging ahead, having already passed the first kilometre-mark. A recent topic of discussion…

News from the H41 Sill Gorge-Pfons construction site: TBM 'Lilia' crosses the 'Werner' fault zone and reaches 6 km of excavation

After Ida, Lilia is also celebrating a double milestone: she has successfully passed the 'Werner' fault zone and reached 6 km of excavation. Now the TBM is preparing for the final rush: the last 2.1…

Work continues in Mules: final lining completed at the Trens emergency stop

At the Mules construction site excavation work is moving forward, and not only using tunnel boring machines. While TBM Flavia is bearing down on the border, another milestone has been reached at the…

Riol: the final lot of the BBT project, for safer and more sustainable local road traffic

In the township of Fortezza, just a few yards away from the southern portal to the Brenner Base Tunnel, works are under way on the H81 construction lot, building new roadways in the Riol…

Flavia has reached the Brenner Pass: the last Italian TBM of the BBT project has completed its journey

The last of the Italian TBMs at the H61 Mules construction site has successfully completed the excavation of the west main tunnel. This marks the completion of excavation work on the main tunnels on…

Pfons-Brenner construction lot: Breakthrough in the east main tunnel

A new milestone has been reached for the H53 Pfons-Brenner construction lot in the Austrian part of the BBT project, in the geologically challenging area of Hochstegen.

Moving further towards Europe: TBM Flavia has finished the mechanised excavation of the BBT in Italy

At the 'H61 Mules 2-3’ construction site of the BBT, the last TBM on the Italian side of the project has successfully completed the excavation of the west main tunnel. Authorities present to…

New breakthrough in one of the two main tunnels in the Austrian part of the BBT project

Thanks to this new milestone, the main tunnels excavated in the two lots, H41 “Sill Gorge - Pfons” and H21 “Sill Gorge” are now connected, forming an uninterrupted tunnel approximately 14 km long.

Why did Flavia stop at the border?

Flavia’s arrival at the border was greeted with huge enthusiasm by every supporter of the BBT project. But some people were wondering about one thing...and here’s the answer.

Brenner Base Tunnel: breakthrough in the west main tunnel at the Austrian Pfons-Brenner construction site

With the breakthrough in the west main tunnel on 31 May, another central section of the 'H53 Pfons-Brenner' construction lot was completed. The breakthrough took place just north of the geologically…

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