activity by Kris Lubcek : TunnelContact.com

activity by Kris Lubcek

Kris Lubcek shared a link 1802 days ago

Glasgow's subway tunnels are so old (123y) that, contractors hit problems installing new signalling equipment for new driverless trains. Result is, delays -even before trains start running- until 2021, admits the operator Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) for the £200 million project.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-driverless-glasgow-subway-trains-delayed-by-victorian-tunnels-1-5062475
#Ansaldo #Hitachi #Stadler #Scotland

New driverless Glasgow Subway trains delayed by Victorian tunnels

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Introduction of the UK’s first trains with no staff on board faces an 18-month hold- up because of the Glasgow Subway’s Victorian tunnels.

By Gianluca Gallota 1801 days ago
Hmmm, in Glasgow they need to widen metro tunnels. They need in Glasgow #Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines
TWMs 500-15 - Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines assembly and test
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Palmieri TWMs 500-15 Tunnel Widening Machines: assembling and testing in Palmieri's factory, assembling in the construction site and beginning of work in Mon...

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By Gianluca Gallota 1801 days ago
Tunnel Widening Case *****
#Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines in operation - #Montedomini Tunnel
#Italia

TWMs 500-15 - Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines operation - Montedomini Tunnel
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Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines operation. Widening of the Montedomini Tunnel with the highway still open to traffic. Italy.

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By Lutz Genscher 1800 days ago
I don't think Glasgow metro is going to enlarge its tunnels but since it was mentioned:
Tunnel Enlargement Gantry TEP 8400 from the German company GTA
https://gta.eu/en/tunneling/tunnel-enlargement-gantry-tep-8400
It's got 2 models. 8400A for drill & blast and 8400B for rockbreaker.
Tunnel Enlargement Gantry TEP 8400
gta.eu

GTA develops and manufactures stable, robust and thus durable equipment for the tunneling and mining industries offering a high degree of operational reliability
and ease of use.

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By Lutz Genscher 1800 days ago
GTA - Tunnel Enlargement Gantry 8400A (drill & blast)
GTA - Tunnel Enlargement Gantry 8400A (drill & blast)
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Drill and blast technique with a Tunnel Enlargement Gantry from GTA

By Lutz Genscher 1800 days ago
GTA - Tunnel Enlargement Gantry 8400B (Rockbreaker)
GTA - Tunnel Enlargement Gantry 8400B (Rockbreaker)
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This is a version of the TEP 8400 with a huge central rockbreaker, which is used to loosen the rock, instead of explosives.

activity by Kris Lubcek

New driverless Glasgow Subway trains delayed by Victorian tunnels

TWMs 500-15 - Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines assembly and test

TWMs 500-15 - Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines operation - Montedomini Tunnel

Tunnel Enlargement Gantry TEP 8400

GTA - Tunnel Enlargement Gantry 8400A (drill & blast)

GTA - Tunnel Enlargement Gantry 8400B (Rockbreaker)

Kris Lubcek