Construction Project
Extension and electrification of Southern Line |
Location
- Ulm - Friedrichshafen - Lindau-Aeschach
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Client
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Planning
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Investment volume
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Construction Period
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Contracted services BMG:
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Completed constructions:
- Extensive clearing works
- Track electrification (L = 253 km)
- Erection of catenary mast (n = 4,000 pcs.)
- Railway overpasses in Ulm-Donautal, Lauupheim, Biberach, Aulendorf and Fronreute
- Upgrading of road overpasses with contact protection and earthing equipment (n = 35 pcs.)
- Adaptation and modernisation of railway crossings (n = 38 pcs.)
- Extensive track lowering measures to ensure the required clearances (H = 5.70 m)
- New building of a single span steel truss bridge over the River Argen
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Special features
- Reduction of CO2 emissions due to loss of diesel operation
- Issue of a comprehensive environmental compatibility study (UVS)
- Extensive compensatory measures
- Conversion of fields in pasture-land in the Danube valley
- Rebuilding of allotments for nature-orientated use
- Establishment of alternative habitats for bats
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Utilization
- Shortening of travel time from Ulm to Friedrichshafen by partially increasing the speed to VE = 160 km/h
- Better connection to the Stuttgart - Ulm - Augsburg line
- Transfer-free connection to Stuttgart Airport, the Exhibition or Stuttgart Central Station
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