Excursion to construction site near Vienna on 17. August 2018

Austrian Railway invites the conference participants to a technical visit to a tunnel construction site. The Semmering Base Tunnel with a length about 27 km is a major infrastructure project of the Austrian Railway. The site visit is for a maximum number of 12 persons. The site visit will be as follows:

  • Start with bus at the main building at 8:15
  • Arrival at the site at about 9:30
  • Visit with English speaking guide to Tunnel Bl.2.1 and Landfill Fröschnitzgraben 9:30-13:30
  • Return to BOKU with bus 14:00-15:15

The site visit is for maximum 12 visitors. Some information about the tunnel project is available at: http://infrastruktur.oebb.at/en/projects-for-austria/railway-lines/southern-line-vienna-villach/semmering-base-tunnel

Registration by email to :  jingxiu.wang@boku.ac.at

Fee (bus, lunch, guide)   :   50 € to be paid in cash at the registration desk

Registration deadline      :  31.07.2018