Ammerich tunnel

Ammerich tunnel
use	Railway tunnel
traffic connection	New Cologne – Rhine / Main line
place	Neustadt (Wied)
length	755 m
Number of tubes	1
Largest coverage	up to approx. 25 m
construction
Client	Deutsche Bahn
start of building	1999
business
operator	DB network
release	August 1, 2002
location
Coordinates
North portal	50 ° 36 '44 " N , 7 ° 25' 23" E
South portal	50 ° 36 '26 " N , 7 ° 25' 47" E

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Ammerichtunnel is a 755 m long railway tunnel on the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main . It crosses under the Ammerich district of the Rhineland-Palatinate community of Neustadt (Wied) and therefore bears his name.

course

The north portal is at 53.0 km , the south portal at 53.8. The route runs in the tunnel in a southerly direction in a right curve. The gradient rises. The structure crosses under the federal motorway 3 , among other things .

After about 100 meters, the remote control tunnel joins it to the south . Together with this, the tunnel shares a rescue area. To the north, after an earthwork section, the Wiedtalbrücke follows .

The tunnel cover is up to around 25 meters.

history

planning

At the end of 1995, the planned length of the structure was 720 m, as was the case in 1998. In mid-1999, the structure was already planned with the length of 755 m, which was realized later.

construction

Together with the neighboring Fernthal Tunnel was the building in early 1999 solemnly struck . The sponsorship took it Elke Strong, the 2nd District Councilor of the district Neuwied .

Installation

The tunnel went into operation together with the new line in 2002.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b DBProjekt GmbH Cologne – Rhein / Main, project management (publisher): New Cologne – Rhein / Main line: construction section middle, Lot A: Königswinter – Dierdorf , brochure (20 pages), Frankfurt am Main, June 1999, p. 5.
^ Deutsche Bahn AG, network division, project management for the Cologne – Rhein / Main line (publisher): route map for the new Cologne-Rhein / Main line . Map from November 1995, Frankfurt 1995.
↑ DBProjekt GmbH Cologne-Rhein / Main, project management (ed.): Reprint from On topic 2/98: Safe through the mountain - basics of tunneling . Folded brochure, six A4 pages, Frankfurt am Main 1998.
↑ DBProjekt GmbH Cologne – Rhine / Main: New Cologne-Rhine / Main line: route map , Frankfurt, June 1999.
↑ double baptism; Punch; Bridge displacement; Drainage tunnel; Long-distance train station . In: On the subject , ZDB -ID 2115698-0 , issue 2/99, April 1999, pp. 8-9.

[krm-mittea-1999-5-1] DBProjekt GmbH Cologne – Rhein / Main, project management (publisher): New Cologne – Rhein / Main line: construction section middle, Lot A: Königswinter – Dierdorf , brochure (20 pages), Frankfurt am Main, June 1999, p. 5.

[db-1995-11-2] Deutsche Bahn AG, network division, project management for the Cologne – Rhein / Main line (publisher): route map for the new Cologne-Rhein / Main line . Map from November 1995, Frankfurt 1995.

[db-1998-3] DBProjekt GmbH Cologne-Rhein / Main, project management (ed.): Reprint from On topic 2/98: Safe through the mountain - basics of tunneling . Folded brochure, six A4 pages, Frankfurt am Main 1998.

[db-1999-06-4] DBProjekt GmbH Cologne – Rhine / Main: New Cologne-Rhine / Main line: route map , Frankfurt, June 1999.

[zt-1999-2-8-5] double baptism; Punch; Bridge displacement; Drainage tunnel; Long-distance train station . In: On the subject , ZDB -ID 2115698-0 , issue 2/99, April 1999, pp. 8-9.