Kulch Tunnel

VDE 8.1 New Line

  • Kulch Tunnel
    Kulch Tunnel
  • Kulch Tunnel
    Kulch Tunnel
  • Kulch Tunnel
    Kulch Tunnel
  • Kulch Tunnel
    Kulch Tunnel
  • Kulch Tunnel
    Kulch Tunnel

The Kulch Tunnel runs for 1,331 metres under the Altenbanzer Melm range of hills. The southern portal is around 600 metres from the western edge of the municipality of Altenbanz. The tunnel is being excavated from south to north using explosives and excavators (mining methods).

According to the plan, the excavated material from the tunnel and cuttings is to be reincorporated and used to improve the track bed. Around 1.5 million cubic metres of excess material is being stored in the Weinberg, Steinbruchsäcker and Breites Stück landfills.

Facts and figures

  • Tunnel length: 1.331 m
  • Construction method: as in mining

 

More Information: DB Netz AG

Contact

Alexander Strutzke
Alexander Strutzke
Dipl.-Geogr.
Dipl.-Betriebswirt (FH)
Sales and Marketing Manager
phone: +49 (931) 35503-550

Successful project collaboration with EPLASS:

Since EPLASS is already being successfully used for all the single projects of the German Unity Project No.8, it will also be used for the project organization of this subproject.

To facilitate the complex construction management in a central system, the project participants decided to work with the internet based project collaboration platform EPLASS. All processes are easily accessible for all project participants at any time and any place. Everything from the correspondence, to the construction reports, structural analysis, check reports and claims are organized, reviewed and archived within EPLASS. The project participants consists of the above named joint venture, the German Railway (DB AG), external designers, checking engineers, geotechnical engineers and the building inspection. The federal railway authority is also involved in this project.