MMRC (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation), marked its 38th breakthrough at CSMT (Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) Metro Station. Surya-1, the Robbins made TBM finished its final upline drive of 557meters from Hutatma Chowk to CSMT Metro Station in less than 5 months (149 days) by using 405 concrete rings. With this 5.8-km long tunnel from Cuffe […]
With a tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufactured by US-based manufacturer Robbins, contractor Kolin Construction has started tunnel boring for the Eşme-Salihli railway line in Turkey. The Crossover XRE type TBM, with a diameter of roughly 14 meters, will bore the 3.5-kilometer Eşme-Salihli railway tunnel for Turkish State Railways as part of the Ankara-Izmir high-speed train […]
Terratec which is a well-known TBM maker has provided a 6.24m-diameter EPBM (EPB TBM) to BES-Daiho-Okumara Joint Venture for its underground constructions contract on Taoyuan City’s MRT Green Line Contract GC02, Taiwan. The Green Line, one of Taoyuan Metro’s six rapid transit lines, is going to have 21 stations including 10 underground ones, and a […]
All the TBMs excavating the Metro Tunnel project’s 6.3 m-high, twin 9km tunnels have now finished their works after 20 months. Meg was the last TBM to hit the finish line and it arrived at the new Town Hall Station last week. Millie, Alice, and Joan which are the other TBMs –– have arrived at […]
The TBM Dame Whina Cooper, which is going to excavate in Auckland’s City Rail Link project in mid-May, is currently under the final checks. This TBM will dig the first of the two rail tunnels that will entirely change the way people can travel around Auckland. The responsibility of operating the TBM will be up […]
The excavation of this part was started on 19 April 2021, when the construction had been started almost one month ago. The construction activities were commenced beneath the Isarco river for the future Brenner Base Tunnel railway. Excavation under the river was only possible after freezing the soil with liquid nitrogen and then maintaining low […]