Fürth freight tunnel worth €1.2bn approved, works start 2026
- Location
- between Nuremberg-Kleinreuth and Eltersdorf (passing beneath Fürth), Middle Franconia, Bavaria · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Fürth Freight Rail Tunnel (Pegnitz Tunnel, Kleinreuth–Eltersdorf railway)
- Investment
- EUR 1.2–1.3 billion (Deutsche Bahn estimate, as of May 2025), including EUR 650 million in federal funding
- Status
- Approved (planning approval decision 16 Feb 2024), construction start planned from 2026
The roughly 7.5 km Pegnitz Tunnel (Fürth freight rail tunnel) is designed to route freight trains underground between Nuremberg-Kleinreuth and Eltersdorf, bypassing Fürth and relieving the Nuremberg–Bamberg line of freight traffic (about 42–50 of roughly 55 daily trains per direction are expected to use the tunnel). The planning approval decision was issued on 16 February 2024; construction is planned to start from 2026, with the main tunnel excavation running from mid-2028 to end-2033. Deutsche Bahn estimated costs (as of May 2025) at EUR 1.2–1.3 billion, including EUR 650 million in federal funding; completion/opening is planned for 2035.
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