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Synopsis on Swden's twin railway tunnels project is presented. The project is carried out by Herrenknecht AG.

The Groene Hart tunnel is a key element in the construction of a new high-speed rail link between Amsterdam and the Belgian border. Environmental considerations led to a tunnel being chosen to carry the link through Holland's sensitive 'Green Heart'.

Geoconsult Arup Joint Venture designed an eastern route around Dublin to its port which included a tunnel.

A forecast is presented on the tunneling market in Europe, which shows a good potential especially in Spain. A report is presented on the major tunnel constructions in Europe.

An analysis is done on the capital cost of tunnel construction in Japan with a case study of the Okabey Tunnel on Tomei Meishin Expressway. The price calculation is standardized by comparison study of existing completed constructions in the country.

The construction of the Metropolitan Railway Network in Tokyo, Japan is discussed. Complete execution steps of the tunnel layout projects are also presented in detail.

The article reviews tunnel contract provisions for the second section of the London-Channel Tunnel rail link.

Copenhagen is building its first subway, the Metro. The first stage will be complete in fall of 2002. More than eight kilometers of tunnel were built.

STUVA was initially based in Dusseldorf and its work was mainly tied to desk studies. From the early 1970s the emphasis moved to more laboratory testing and field studies. These [...]

The first segmental bolted linings for a tunnel were installed in the Tower Subway under the River Thames which was opened in 1869, some 75 years after tubbings were first [...]

The plans of the 17 km long city tunnel project in the city of Malmo in Sweden is the final part of the Oresund Link that will create a faster connection between Sweden and the rest of Europe are described. The city tunnel will have a capacity for 450 trains to pass through the tunnel in a day, although the anticipated capacity is that of 400 passenger trains, and will increase Malmo's importance in the region.

The article describes tunnels constructed with purpose-made tunneling machines.

A new tunnel project has been started in Spain and France, which is called Vielha Tunnel to cope up with the increasing traffic and to ensure road safety. The details of the project are presented. The tunnel is situated on the Spanish side of Pyrenees on the N230 route to Lleida.

A report is presented on the major railroad tunnel construction projects in Asia. The Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) is in the last stage of completion. The other major constructions are Peak Tramway, Hong Kong Tramway, Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) and the LRT system.

The August issue of World Tunnelling covered, in the Panorama Section, the inauguration on 2nd July 2001 of the start of Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL). [...]

Construction of the 9.6 km-long second tailrace tunnel for the New Zealand Lake Manapouri Power Station was completed on 13th March, 2001 when the 10.05 m-diameter Atlas Copco Robbins TBM [...]

When London & Continental Railways (LCR), won the franchise in 1996 to design, build, operate and finance the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, or CTRL as it is commonly called, the [...]

The Elbe forms a formidable barrier between the City of Hamburg and the Port of Hamburg. In the late nineteenth century there were few crossings of the river and most [...]

The details pertaining to the STUVA conference, held in Leipzig, Germany, are presented. The theme for the conference was - 'Tunnels - New Ways - New Chances.'

A report is given on the 19th biannual STUVA Conference held in Dortmund, Germany, in December 2003. The first group of three papers included concept of partial safety coefficients for the design of retained cuts, cut and cover and bored tunnels for road schemes in Germany on the basis of the new European regulations is highlighted.

The article describes five cut- and cover-shafts along the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

The tunnel sections of the high speed rail link from London to the Channel Tunnel are completed.

French Association for Underground Works (AFTES) has conducted the eleventh triannual conference in Toulouse from 21st to 23rd Pctober 2002. The details of the meeting are presented.

An evaluation is presented on the activities of Japan Tunneling Association (JTA). A profile of various committees and their duties in the association is also presented.

The article offers information on road and hydro tunnel projects in Iceland as of March 2014. Topics discussed include the significance of Norwegian standards such as the Norwegian Q System, the Vadlaheidargong Tunnel and the Nordfjardargong Tunnel projects. Also mentioned are the first hydro tunnel constructed from 1951-1953 and Iceland as one of the founders of the International Tunnelling Association in 1974.

The article provides information on the proposed railroad tunnel that will be constructed to link France and Italy through the Alps. It states that the tunnel, which is a European Union (EU) priority project, will be built beneath the Alps in which the France-Italy link will become part of the Transeuropean Railway Network. Meanwhile, it mentions that Lyon-Turin Ferroviarie (LTF) is a company founded in October 2011 to serve as the project's promoter.

The article discusses the Galleria Val di Sambro tunnels constructed by conventional methods and the Sparvo tunnels constructed using tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Italy. It anticipates that 90% of heavy commercial vehicles will be using the tunnels with savings in fuel and travelling time. Preliminary and final design of the tunnels was released by SPEA Ingegneria Europea SpA which will also supervise the construction of the two tunnels.

The article reports on drill-and-blast tunnelling methods of underground projects in Finland. These include the Länsimetro or West Metro in Helsinki, the Rantaväylä road tunnel in Tampere, and tunnelled underground car parks. An overview of the underground car parks along with parking spaces in the country is also presented. Also mentioned is the excavation woks of each project, construction contracts, and the typical reinforcement in the Hämppi parking facility.