The Brenner Base Tunnel - a new link through the Alps

2 The Brenner Pass - an important transit route over the Alps page 3 The role of the Brenner Pass in Europe page 5 Railways to the future page 7 The Brenner Base Tunnel project page 9 Excavation methods page 12 Safety planning page 16 Tunnel surveying - meeting point at Brenner page 18 Through the rock mass of the Brenner massif page 22 Environmental protection - together with nature page 28 Water, the elixir of life in the Alps page 25 Ecological compensation measures page 31 Materials management page 34 BBT SE - a “Special Vehicle” Company according to European law page 38 Content