Tunnel work set for Tel Aviv-Jerusalem fast train

The two tunnels will cost NIS 1.6 billion to build.

Israel Railways is beginning to prepare for the quarrying of tunnels for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed railway, a month after the National Planning and Building Commission rejected an alternative route proposed by environmental organizations.

Israel Railways instructed Shafir Civil and Marine Engineering Ltd. and its Austrian partner, Alpine Mayreder Bau GmbH, which won the tender to dig the tunnels, to get ready to work. The two tunnels along the C section of line between Shaar Hagai at the entrance to the Judean Mountains and Emek Arazim on the western edge of Jerusalem will cost NIS 1.6 billion to build.

The tunneling is the most complex part of the engineering work on the railway line. Shafir and Alpine Mayreder Bau will dig two tunnels: a 1.2-kilomter tunnel, and an 11.5-kilometer tunnel, which will be Israel's longest tunnel. They will also build a bridge over Nahal Yitla linking the two tunnels.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 15, 2009

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