Elche railway tunnel underway in AlicanteOn 15.02.2010, excavation of the 1,288 m-long, 86 sq m twin-track Elche tunnel started on the El Carrús-Elche section of the Madrid-Castilla La Mancha-Comunidad Valenciana-Murcia high-speed line in Alicante province. Some 255 m of the tunnel is in cut/cover, and the remainder will be mined using NATM techniques. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive es/95 and www.fomento.es. 09/10.