The TBM Margherita is advancing at an average speed of 11 m/day, at a depth of approximately 105 m, while excavating the odd tube of the Cefalù tunnel on the Ogliastrillo-Castelbuono section, ...
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On 3 September 2024 - following the positive conclusion of the Service Conference convened in March 2023 - the definitive project (PD) of the proposed variant for the Cefalù stop - Access ...
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The TBM 1412, an EPB with a diameter of 9.48 m, set to excavate Fiumetorto - Lercara Diramazione section (Lot 1+2), as part of the Palermo-Catania-Messina railway line project, has successfully ...
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The works of RFI-Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (Leading Company of the FS Group Infrastructure Hub) for the major projects in Southern Italy continues at full speed. On 23 July the launch ceremony of ...
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At the beginning of May, the TBM Margherita (10 m in diameter and 140 m long) reached 1 km of advancement in the excavation of the odd-numbered track tube of the 6.87 km-long, ...
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On April 19, another two TBMs - TBM#4 code DZ1379 and TBM#5 code DZ1380 - that will excavate Lot 3 Lercara - Caltanissetta Xirbi, in Sicily, successfully completed the FAT test in ...
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The TBM EPB - 9.28 m diameter – which will be involved in the excavation of the new Palermo-Catania railway Lot 4A (Caltanissetta Xirbi - Enna section) passed its FAT at the Changsha ...
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On January 19, 2024 the second TBM to be involved in the excavation of the new Palermo-Catania railway Lot 4B (Enna - Dittaino section) passed its FAT at the Changsha ...
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Back in December the first TBM EPB - diameter 9.28 m - to be involved in the construction of the Enna-Dittaino section (Lot4B) for the Palermo-Catania railway, successfully passed its final ...
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On 03/03/2022 the ceremony for the beginning of construction of the Cefalù tunnel was held.
The tunnel will be the longest of the 3 tunnels for the doubling of the ...
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On 22.10.2015 Cipa SpA completed the excavation of the railway tunnel Monte Poggio Maria. The project is part of construction for the enlarging of the Cefalu'- Ogliastrillo section on ...
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On 17.07.2014 breakout was achieved at the Palermo end of the 4,127 m-long Monte Poggio Maria tunnel, part of the dualling of the 19.7 km Fiumetorto-Cefalu Ogliastrillo section on the ...
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One out of Four European Tunnels is UnsafeThe EuroTest firstly, then the European Tunnel Assessment Programme (EuroTAP) began in 2000 following the Mont Blanc tunnel disaster when 39 people ...
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