From build to commissioning of the high-speed track: As part of a consortium, Rhomberg Eisenbahnechnik is installing slab tracks for Austrian Federal Railways major project. Not the only contract.
The “FF Koralm” consortium, in which Rhomberg Bahntechnik is working with PORR Bau GmbH, took on the first construction section in May of this year. Since then it has been full speed ahead to complete preparations for the successful implementation of the construction work, ranging from drainage and sewerage work to commissioning tank farms and concrete mixing plants to constructing trial tracks and supply lines and temporary structures. A further incentive was the recent announcement that a consortium of the same partners has succeeded in securing the follow-up project. Rhomberg Bahntechnik and PORR are now responsible for the complete railway engineering package: from the construction of the slab track to the commissioning of the technical railway equipment in the twin tunnels, each over 32 km in length.
“It is a great achievement that we can now play a decisive role in shaping our largest construction site right through to completion as we have been actively involved in it since carcassing,” says a happy Karl-Heinz Strauss, CEO of PORR. And Robert Kumpusch, Managing Director of Rhomberg Bahnechnik GmbH, adds: “It makes us proud to work with the Austrian Federal Railways on a project, which promises a particularly sustainable and high-quality result thanks to innovative ideas and a cost-effective approach.”
