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The AlpTransit Gotthard Project

Enginyers Industrials de Catalunya15 october 2014

Dr. Renzo SimoniCEO

AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd

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Final breakthrough

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Contents

1. Project overview

2. Challenges

3. Reminiscences from the construction period

4. The project today

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1. Project Overview

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Transalpine goods traffic

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Journey times Zurich - Lugano / Basel - Lugano

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NRLA decision 1991

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A flat railway route through the Alps

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Key features of the only flat railway route through th e Alps

• Newly constructed twin-track route• Mixed operation• Maximum speed passenger trains: 250 km/h• Maximum speed goods trains: 160 km/h• 50 – 80 passenger trains per day• 220 – 260 goods trains per day• Loaded vehicles: max. height 4.2 m• Max. gradient: ≤≤≤≤ 12.5 ‰• Min. radius: ≥≥≥≥ 5,000 metres• Useful life: 100 years• Max. temperature: 40 °°°° C

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2. Challenges

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Challenge – implementation organisation

• Direct management, simple control

• Transparency through direct parliamentary control

• Clear allocation of responsibilities, best governance

• Efficiency thanks to lean organisation (short paths, simple decision processes)

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Challenge planning and processes

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Allocation of Public Transport Financial Fund (FinöV)

Heavy road vehicletax (64%)

Heavy road vehicletax (64%)

Oil tax(23%)

Oil tax(23%)

Value added tax(VAT) (13%)

Value added tax(VAT) (13%)

Fund for the financing of public transport

Fund for the financing of public transport

NRLA (45%)New Rail Link through the Alps

NRLA (45%)New Rail Link through the Alps

Rail 2000 Phase 1and ZEB (44%)ZEB: Future Development of the Railway Infrastructure

Rail 2000 Phase 1and ZEB (44%)ZEB: Future Development of the Railway Infrastructure

HSR (4%)European High-Speed Rail Network

HSR (4%)European High-Speed Rail Network

Noise mitigation (7%)

Noise mitigation (7%)

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Swiss Government Decision

c. Gotthard route 13 157

Total 19 100

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Development of final cost and risk potential

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Erstfeld Amsteg Sedrun Faido Bodio

Access adit

Ventilation shaft

Shafts I & II

MFS Sedrun

MFS Faido

Access adit

Cable tunnel

Access adit

Waste airFresh air

Challenge safety

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Challenge geology I

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Challenge geology II

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Time-lapse - execution

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3. Reminiscences from the construction period

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Challenges – for example the Piora Syncline

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Faido 1996: exploratory bores, Piora

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Sedrun 1998: tunnel constructors in shaft

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Sedrun 2003: deformable steel inserts

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Lakefill Uri: 2003 - 2006

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Erstfeld 2006: preliminary cut, view towards portal

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Faido East 2008: rock-pressure damage

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Amsteg 2009: surface installations site

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4. The Project Today

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Installation progress railway technology, September 1, 2014

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Bodio: laid ballastless track, catenary, GSM-R cable

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Faido-Bodio: start of pilot operation

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Commissioning

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Vision

•• Commercial openingCommercial openingGotthard Base Tunnel:Gotthard Base Tunnel:December 2016December 2016

•• Commercial openingCommercial openingCeneri Base Tunnel:Ceneri Base Tunnel:December 2019December 2019