The first of the two TBMs for the H41 Sill Gorge-Pfons construction lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel has formally passed its acceptance test at Herrenknecht AG in Schwanau, Germany. The single-shield TBM - diameter 10.37 m, length 160 m and weight 1,440 t (backup system included) - will be named Lilia. The machine will be dismantled and taken to the Ahrental site, south of Innsbruck, where assembly will begin at the end of January 2023.TBM Lilia will be launched in the spring of 2023 and it will drive 8.1 km southwards in the east main tunnel, whose lot boundary extends into the municipal area of Navis.     

The name of the TBM has been chosen by the children of the St.Peter-Ellbögen primary school, which is located in the project area of this construction lot. For further information in the tunnelbuilder archives on the BBT project please click here, at/16 and it/103. Visit https://www.bbt-se.com/. 51/22.