Technical data
Project description
Connection of Düsseldorf's main railway station with the airport, the Düsseldorf trade fair centre and the Airport City business park, construction of the underground railway station at the airport terminal.
Lot 1:
Construction of several engineering structures: ramp structures, trough section in elevated position bridge in the area of access gate 1 including the associated foundation work as well as the construction of an arched steel bridge (6-span steel structure approx. 480 m long, 12 m wide) using the incremental launching method
Track construction and overhead line work, erection of noise barriers
Lot 2:
Construction of the excavation pit using back-anchored diaphragm walls and soldier pile shoring, excavation (partly as underwater excavation) and construction of the ramp structure (118 m long), tunnel structure and station using the cut-and-cover method (length of the underground station approx. 182 m)
Traffic management and safety in all construction phases and intermediate stages as well as the corresponding road construction and dewatering work are part of both lots
Construction method
- Open construction method
Geology
- Rhenish low terrace / gravel-sand
General data
Project
Light rail line U81 Lots 1 and 2
Client
City of Düsseldorf
Contractor
Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG in consortium
Construction period
May 2020 to 2023
Net construction sum
113 million € Total project
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