Waiting coupling tunnel

Waiting coupling tunnel
	Fuldatalbrücke Solms with the south portal of the tunnel in the background
traffic connection	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg
length	835 m
Number of tubes	1
construction
Client	German Federal Railroad
business
operator	DB network
release	1991 (commercial commissioning)
location
Coordinates
North portal	50 ° 47 '50 " N , 9 ° 35' 14" E
South portal	50 ° 47 '24 " N , 9 ° 35' 26" E

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The waiting kuppel tunnel is an 835 m long railway tunnel on the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg southwest of the Hessian market town of Niederaula .

The structure accommodates two tracks with a ballast superstructure that can be driven on at 250 km / h.

course

The route describes a left curve in a southerly direction.

The gradient slopes down to the south. The largest overburden is around 75 m.

The Hattenbach valley bridge connects to the north, and the Solms Fuldatal bridge to the south .

history

During the planning and construction phase, the structure was in planning section 15 of the central section of the new line.

In 1984 the planned length was 805 m. The construction costs were calculated at 24.1 million DM. Construction should take place between July 1984 and January 1986.

The two portal areas were built using the open construction method .

Web links

Photos of both tunnel portals on eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Deutsche Bundesbahn, project group Hanover – Würzburg center of the Federal Railway Directorate Frankfurt (ed.): The new Hanover – Würzburg line. The Kassel – Fulda section , brochure (46 pages), as of October 1984, page 12.
↑ 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).
^ 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 .

[db-1984-12-1] A ^b ^c Deutsche Bundesbahn, project group Hanover – Würzburg center of the Federal Railway Directorate Frankfurt (ed.): The new Hanover – Würzburg line. The Kassel – Fulda section , brochure (46 pages), as of October 1984, page 12.

[db-mitte-1984-2] 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).

[bundesbahn-60-401-3] 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 .