Finishing the project's first exploratory tunnel is a major milestone for the Brenner Base Tunnel, which will eventually provide the a dedicated rail link through the Alps between Italy and Austria.

Europe has just carved its way into history. According to a Reuters report, engineers have completed the breakthrough of the Brenner Base Tunnel, the world’s longest underground rail tunnel. This mega ...

The Tonnelle phase represents just a sliver of the overall $16 billion Gateway tunnels program. The excavation work is in preparation for the tunnel boring machines that will begin drilling through ...

The first four tunnel boring machines are coming to New Jersey to build the Gateway rail tunnel. Here's what they do and why they're the safest method.

MILAN (AP) — A hydraulic rock drill broke open a tunnel connecting Austria to Italy 1,400 meters (nearly 4,600 feet) beneath the Alps on Thursday, marking a major milestone in a series of ambitious ...

The New Railway Link through the Alps (AlpTransit), is a Swiss federal project focused on building faster North-South rail links across the Swiss Alps by constructing base tunnels several hundred ...