Perthus tunnel
| Perthus tunnel | ||||
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| Official name | Tunnel du Perthus | |||
| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | LGV Perpignan-Figueres | |||
| place | Le Perthus | |||
| length | 8,316 m (west tube) 8,325 m (east tube) |
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| Number of tubes | 2 | |||
| cross-section | 59.4 m² | |||
| construction | ||||
| start of building | 2005 | |||
| completion | 2009 | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | TP Ferro | |||
| release | December 2010 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 42 ° 31 '17 " N , 2 ° 51' 33" E | |||
| South portal | 42 ° 26 '47 " N , 2 ° 51' 43" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Perthus Tunnel is an 8.3 kilometer long railway tunnel on the high-speed line Perpignan – Figueres between France and Spain . It crosses under the foothills of the Pyrenees at Le Perthus and therefore bears this name. The northern mouth of the tunnel is on the territory of the French municipality of Montesquieu-des-Albères , the southern on the Spanish of La Jonquera .
The tunnel structure consists of two tubes, each of which accommodates a track - in standard gauge . The tubes are connected to each other every 200 meters by cross connections, there are a total of 41 connecting tunnels. The eastern tunnel has a length of 8,325 m. Its northern portal is at km 17.184 of the high-speed line. The western tunnel tube has a length of 8,316 m. The north portal is at 17.179 kilometers of the high-speed line.
The tubes were built with tunnel boring machines from Herrenknecht . The two machines with a diameter of 9.9 meters worked their way north from the Spanish side. Work began in August and October 2005. The two tubes were broken through in October and November 2007. You pass through layers of granite , gneiss , granodiorite and slate . The tunnel went into operation in December 2010.
The tunnel is about 15–20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. Like the Spanish part of the route, it is driven through in right -hand traffic, the transition to French left-hand traffic occurs a few kilometers north of it.
The sea-near transition of the old line between the stations of Cerbère (France) and Port Bou (Spain) takes place in a tunnel that is only about 700 m long and has both gauges.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Network statement by TP Ferro, Chapter 3.4 ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.4 MB)
- ↑ Network statement by TP Ferro, Chapter 3.4 ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.4 MB)
- ↑ Network statement from TP Ferro, Appendix 2 ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.4 MB)
- ↑ Information on the Herrenknecht company website
- ↑ Le percement du tunnel du Perthus est terminé
- ↑ [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Project report from Hodapp GmbH involved in the construction
