New Lower Inn Valley railway
47.428704211.8952321Koordinaten: 47 ° 25 ' 43.3 "N, 11 ° 53' 42.8 " E
The new Lower Inn Valley railway is a partially completed high-speed rail route in the Tyrolean lowlands. It constitutes the northern access route of the Brenner Base Tunnel and is thus part of the TEN- axis No. 1 Berlin -Palermo. The first section ( Kundl Tree Churches ) is traveled at speeds up to 220 km / h and was opened on November 29, 2012. Since the timetable change on 9 December 2012, the trunk is used to plan and relieves the existing Unterinntalbahn. In the future (eg Brenner base tunnel ) the travel time on the route Munich -Innsbruck from 1:50 to 0:55 and on the relation between Munich and Verona from 5:20 to 2:20 will be reduced by these and other construction works. The cost of the project amounted to 2.358 billion euros.
Course
Section 1: Kundl Tree Churches
The section Kundl Tree churches was opened on 26 November 2012. The length of the new route of 40 km of which 34.5 km in tunnels and troughs run.
The existing line is supplemented by an acceleration track and fanned out to four-track link Radfeld out of the station Wörgl Kundl out. The new route then descends between the existing line tracks and runs after a short underground sump in the 15.9 km long tunnel Radfeld - Jenbach, the longest tunnel in Austria. During the construction of this tunnel was divided into several sections, the first was the 11.5 km long section Radfeld- Wiesing. After passing under the Inn this goes into the 4.5km long range Wiesing- Jenbach, after passing under the railway station Jenbach the route in link building Stans reappears between the existing line rails. After that, the route descends again and leads into the approximately 10.5 km long tunnel Stans- Terfens. In the tunnel, there is room for a third track to allow Überholfahrten and thus to increase the line capacity, which has not yet been installed. Now the track goes into the gallery Terfens and is guided into position parallel to the existing line. After about 1.3 km, it runs as Unterflurtrasse under the train station and the Fritz -Wattens Fritzener bow to the link tree, churches and shares in the direction of Brenner / Verona ( Innsbruck by-pass ) or Innsbruck / Arlberg ( existing line ).
The design speed of the new line is 250 km / h The initially envisaged top speed of 200 km / h was increased by the ÖBB against political resistance to 220 km / h. During tests between tree churches and Stans even 250 km / h were achieved. However, the travel time in 2012/13 with most trains in comparison to the timetable 2011/2012 has remained the same, because it would give a route conflict with the transport. From inside the timetable period 2013/14, this has been cleaned, the ÖBB RailJet - trains on the new line now up to 220 km / h
- Progress 2010-2011
Tunnel construction site in Radfeld
Looking East: Medium tracks = end of the tunnel Wiesing Jenbach - > Shortcut Stans. Outer tracks = Stock distance new since August 15, 2011
Connection tree Churches: The New Unterinntalbahn emerges here again. Straight on it goes to Innsbruck by-pass, right to the inventory route to Innsbruck Hbf
See also: section route of the first section on the ÖBB website (PDF, 2.5 MB)
Section 2: Brann - castle Kundl
The 25 -kilometer section Brannenburg Kundl is currently in the planning phase, the path finding process for the area Schaftenau - Kundl has been completed. The continuation of the line towards Germany is currently being negotiated.
The now fixed route is discharged at Schaftenau from the existing line and in several shorter tunnels and troughs along the A12. In a nearly 10 -kilometer-long tunnel, the route is then along the southern Anger Mountain, passes beneath the Inn, the A12 and the local area of Kundl and then dive on in the middle position between the existing line rails to einzumünden in the link Radfeld.
See also: section route of the second portion on the BEG website
Command
The new Unterinntalbahn is both with the usual in Austria punctual automatic train ( PZB, formerly Indusi ) (excluding LED signals) as well as with the European Train Control System ETCS Level equipped and full of outdoor light signaling 2 and thus enables barrier-free cross-border movement of trains.
For the New Unterinntalbahn four new electronic interlocking systems were set up which control both the new line and the existing line. These electronic interlocking systems are involved in the management center of Innsbruck and remotely controlled from there.