Tunnel de la Moutarde
| Tunnel de la Moutarde | ||||
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 South portal of the tunnel
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| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Railway line Liège – Aachen | |||
| place | Dolhain | |||
| length | 480 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | NMBS / SNCB | |||
| building-costs | € 10,000,000 | |||
| start of building | 2008 | |||
| completion | 2012 | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | Infrabel | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 50 ° 37 ′ 9 ″ N , 5 ° 56 ′ 12 ″ E | |||
| South portal | 50 ° 36'56 " N , 5 ° 56'7" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Tunnel de la Moutarde (also Tunnel Dolhain) is a railway tunnel on the Liège – Aachen route (Ligne 37) in Belgium . It is located in the village of Dolhain between the two Belgian towns of Welkenraedt and Verviers and is 480 meters long. The tunnel takes up two tracks and describes a slight S-curve. It was rebuilt as part of a redesign.
History and construction
Originally there was the Dolhain-Gileppe stop and a short tunnel (50 m) just a few meters east of the tunnel. After the gravel bed in the area of the old Dolhain tunnel had collapsed, the route around the affected area was only passable at 20 km / h. Therefore, in 2007 the decision was made to relocate the route in the direction of the mountainside and to build a new tunnel.
For this reason, the old Dolhain-Gileppe stop was relocated around one kilometer to the north and completely rebuilt there near the Dolhain gravel works. The new tunnel was built in the years 2008–2012 using a completely open construction method and the old route, including the old stopping point and tunnel, was decommissioned or dismantled.
Picture gallery
Dismantled Dolhain-Gileppe Station (2013)
Thalys to Cologne at the former Dolhain-Gileppe stop (2000)
L-train at the former Dolhain-Gileppe stop
Individual evidence
- ↑ On creuse dans la Moutarde. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 5, 2016 ; accessed on August 5, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Greisch Bureau : Tunnel de Dolhain. Retrieved August 5, 2016 (French).
