Railway tunnel near Oberstaufen renovated and enlarged
- Location
- Oberstaufen, Oberallgäu district, Bavaria · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Oberstaufen Tunnel (renovation)
- Investment
- approx. EUR 25 million (tunnel renovation incl. 9.5 km track renewal, three bridges and four switches)
- Status
- Completed / Operational
The railway tunnel on the Buchloe–Lindau line near Oberstaufen, built in 1853, underwent a major renovation starting April 2016: the cross-section was enlarged from 43-56 m² to 70 m², and the tunnel length was extended from 124 to 160 meters via new interior cladding. The first trains ran through on December 7, 2016, with full traffic released on December 11, 2016; the entire project including track rehabilitation cost about EUR 25 million.
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