Globe tunnel
| Globe tunnel | ||||
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| traffic connection | High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg | |||
| length | 1641 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | German Federal Railroad | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | DB network | |||
| release | 1991 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 51 ° 7 ′ 52 " N , 9 ° 35 ′ 2" E | |||
| South portal | 51 ° 6 ′ 58 " N , 9 ° 35 ′ 11" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Weltkugeltunnel is a 1641 m long railway tunnel on the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg near the north Hessian city of Melsungen .
The tunnel takes up two tracks on a ballast superstructure that can be driven on at 250 km / h.
Location and course
The route describes a right curve in a southerly direction.
The gradient rises in a southerly direction.
The Pfieffetal Bridge follows the southern connection to the structure .
There are rescue stations on Landesstrasse 3147 and Bundesstrasse 487 .
history
In the planning and construction phase, the structure was part of planning section 13 in the middle section of the new line.
The structure was commissioned in 1991 as part of the new Kassel – Fulda section. Since then, the tunnel has been used by passenger and freight trains.
On November 3, 2010, a damaged intercity train that had run over sheet metal parts shortly before was evacuated in the globe tunnel. The route was closed for six hours.
On the night of October 11, 1998, one of the largest rescue exercises in northern Hesse took place in the globe tunnel. The exercise scenario envisaged a slight explosion on board an interregional train in the tunnel, causing a car to jump off the rails. More than 300 helpers, around 170 (slightly or not injured) passengers and 30 “seriously injured” people took part in the exercise. In addition to task forces from the Schwalm-Eder district, rescue trains from Kassel and Fulda were also involved in the exercise .
Web links
- Photo of the south portal on eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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 . Leaflet with 12 pages (10x21 cm), Frankfurt am Main, no year (approx. 1984)
- ↑ a b Five and a half years for rape in a hotel . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , November 5, 2010, p. D3.
- ↑ a b Werner Bähr: rescue exercise in the "globe" tunnel near Melsungen . In: The district committee of the Schwalm-Eder district (ed.): Yearbook Schwalm-Eder district . 2000, ISSN 0932-822X , p. 190-192 .