- Landrückentunnel
The Landrückentunnel is a
railway tunnel on theHanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line . With a length of 10 779 m it is the longesttunnel inGermany .Geography
The tunnel is in east
Hesse n between the stations ofFulda andWürzburg . Between the northern tunnel entrance of Kalbach (50° 24′ 22″N, 9° 39′3″E) and the southern end at Mottgers (50° 18′35″N, 9° 39′47″E) it crosses the Landrücken range which forms the Rhein-Weserdrainage divide dividing the river basins of the Fulda andMain .Description of tunnel
The double-track Landrückentunnel was built using the
New Austrian Tunnelling method working from the north portal, known as "Baulos Nord" and two side accesses ("Baulos Mitte" and "Baulos Süd"). In addition, three shafts were established for ventilation during tunnel boring.The tunnel opened in 1988 with a total tunnel
cross section of 100 to 110 m² and a maximum 1.25%gradient . It surpassed the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Tunnel nearCochem as the longest railway tunnel in Germany.Outside the north portal of the tunnel, at 380m
altitude is the summit of theHanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line .Technical data
* length: 10 779m
* year of opening: 1988
* tracks: two
* track separation: 4.70m
* tunnelcross section area: 100 to 110 m²
* steepest gradient: 1.25%
* speed limit: 250km/h
* equipment: Electrified,LZB signalling , "Zugfunk"radio ,GSM-R , BOS-Funk, C-Netz (from 1992 to 2000), GSM900/1800 (T-mobile ,Vodafone and Eplus since the middle of 2006),FM radio , wind direction measuring system, two emergency exits)Accidents
On April 26, 2008 at 9:05pm, ICE train 885 derailed at 215 kph inside the tunnel on its way from
Hamburg toMunich with 170 people on board. The train collided with a herd of sheep that strayed in the tunnel. 25 people were injured, 12 of the 14 cars were derailed. News in the " [http://www.fuldaerzeitung.de/newsroom/regional/dezentral/fulda/art5879,581159 Online paper of Fuldaer Zeitung] ".]Distelrasen-Tunnel
A few kilometers west of the Landrückentunnel, near Schlüchtern-Elm, the Distelrasen-Tunnel, built in 1914, was the first railway to traverse the Landrücken drainage divide.
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