Tauern Tunnel reopens for traffic after renovation
- Location
- Böckstein (Bad Gastein, Salzburg) – Mallnitz (Carinthia), Hohe Tauern · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Project
- Tauern Tunnel – Reopening after Renovation
- Investment
- approx. EUR 160 million for both construction phases (about EUR 110 million already invested, a further ca. EUR 50 million from 2027 for the second/final phase at the southern portal)
- Status
- Reopened / in operation (2nd construction phase planned from 2027)
The 8.371 km Tauern railway tunnel on the Tauernbahn line between Böckstein (Salzburg) and Mallnitz (Carinthia) was fully closed for about nine months from mid-November 2024 for extensive renovation (new tunnel-lining waterproofing, renewed drainage, mostly concrete track bed). On 14 July 2025 the line reopened for passenger and freight traffic; the Böckstein–Mallnitz car shuttle (Autoschleuse) had already resumed limited service from 5 July 2025. About EUR 110 million has been invested so far, with a second construction phase (approx. EUR 50 million, focused on the southern portal) planned for the first half of 2027.
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