Semmering Base Tunnel (SBT) - Gloggnitz - Mürzzuschlag
| Client: | Consortium SBT |
| Location: | Austria |
| Construction period: | 2012 - 2026 |
| Executing Companies: | RS safetec |
| Contract value: | 2.5 Mil. EUR |
This railway tunnel is used for both passenger and freight transport and is foreseen to dramatically reduce from 45 minutes to 15 the travel time between Gloggnitz und Mürzzuschlag. With a length of 27,3 Kilometers, it will be regarded as Austria’s third longest tunnel.
Section between Gloggnitz (Lower Austria) and Mürzzuschlag (Styria)
Length: 27,3 Kilometer
April 2012: Ground-breaking ceremony
January 2014: Construction work officially started
Tunnel section Fröschnitzgraben
July 2015: Construction start
Tunnel section Gloggnitz
May 2016: Construction start
Tunnel section Grautschenhof
March 2016: Construction start
Magnitude of services
- 76 Cable distribution cabinets
- 68 Emergency telephones
- 76 Access points (Wifi inside the tunnels)
- 20 Access points (Wifi across the construction site)
- 76 RFID Readers (Access and locating)
- 9 Cabinet centers, various turnstyle gates
- Approximately 135 km of fibre optic cables
- 4 Master units, 8 base station units (70cm radio transmitters)
- 550 Optic remote units (70cm repeaters)
- 4 Master units, 4 Air-link remote units (GSM)
- 50 Optic remote units (GSM repeaters)
