Antwerp High-Speed Rail Tunnel
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Tunnel
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| Function / usage: |
High-speed rail tunnel
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| Completed in: | 2007 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Antwerp, Antwerp, Flandres, Belgium, Europe |
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| Part of: |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 500 m | |
| length of bored tunnels | 1 190 m | |
| length of cut-and-cover tunnels | 360 m | |
| TBM | diameter | 8.27 m |
| length | 60 m | |
| weight | 680 t |
Materials
| tunnel structure |
concrete
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Notes
The TBMs are named "zandvreter" and "krabbekoker".
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- Integration of bored tunnel and conventional technologies in crossing below the Antwerp City Centre, presented at IABSE Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003.
- Le passage du TGV Bruxelles-Amsterdam sous la gare Centrale à Anvers, presented at Franchissements souterrains pour l'Europe. Underground crossings for Europe, Lille 16-18.10.1990.
- Le tunnel foré d'Anvers. Une liaison nord-sur à grande vitesse, in "Travaux", February 2004, n. 805
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0007183 |
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| Created: | 09/12/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |