High Speed Rail Link Cologne to Frankfurt

219km long High-Speed Rail Link, with major bridges and tunnels between Cologne and Frankfurt.

Year: 1995

Country: Germany

Contract Value (US$): 2,200 Million

This major national infrastructure project was commissioned by the Deutsche Bahn (DB) as part of the Federal Transport Plan of 1973. It is routed along the Rhine Valley and A3 motorway, consisting of numerous major tunnels and bridges along its entire alignment.

Rupert Sternath was the designated Project Director for all tunnels as appointed by DB for the project duration from 1997 to 2001.