Kaiserautunnel
| Kaiserautunnel | ||||
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| traffic connection | High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg | |||
| place | Melsungen | |||
| length | 1861 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | German Federal Railroad | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | DB network | |||
| release | 1991 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 51 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 34 ′ 24 ″ E | |||
| South portal | 51 ° 8 ′ 4 " N , 9 ° 34 ′ 56" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Kaiserau tunnel is an 1861 m long railway tunnel on the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg east of the small town of Melsungen in northern Hesse .
Location and course
The tunnel passes under a forest area northeast of Melsungen.
The route describes a right curve in a southerly direction.
To the north, after a short section of open lines, the Hainbuchtunnel joins. The Kehrenbach valley bridge follows to the south.
history
The structure was planned in 1984 with a length of 1814 m at a cost of 48.1 million DM. It was to be built between September 1984 and March 1987.
The structure was part of planning section 13 in the middle section of the new line.
The tunnel was put into operation in 1991 as part of the new Göttingen – Fulda section. The Kaiserau transfer point in the tunnel was later dismantled.
Web links
- Image of the south portal on eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de .
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Engels: The middle section of the new Hanover – Würzburg line . In: The Federal Railroad . tape 60 , no. 5 , 1984, ISSN 0007-5876 , pp. 401-410 .
- ↑ Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt (M), project group NBS Frankfurt am Main of the Bahnbauzentrale (publisher): New lines Hanover-Würzburg from Kassel to Fulda, Cologne - Rhine / Main in the directorate area . 12-page leporello (10x21 cm), Frankfurt am Main, no year (approx. 1984).