Tunnelling projects

Special device for laying invert segments, European XFEL, Hamburg, Germany

MSD has delivered this special device laying invert segments

Muck-moving system Copenhagen district heating tunnel

The muck moving system consists of horizontally movable frames for moving two buckets at a time and lifting beams for lifting out the buckets.

Starter and travel-out structures, XFEL project Hamburg

Production and delivery of Starter structure Lot 1 (5450mm tunnel diameter): 4x connecting ring, diameter 1x star-shaped bracing, diameter 3x starter gaskets, diameter (structural steelwork) 3 sets (2 per set) Phoenix...

Travel-out structure, Metro Line C, Rome

The route of Line C of Rome's underground railway provides for mechanical drilling of two parallel tunnels with a diameter of 6.71 m and a length of approx. 17.6 km each to be built using a TBM system (tunnel boring machine).

Starter gaskets and rear stiffening structure, Line 12, Paris

The Metro is the underground railway system of the French capital, Paris. The first Metro line was opened on 19 July 1900, for the World Exhibition. The Parisian underground network is one of the largest in the world.

Rolling Stock, Flamanville in France

For this project in Flamanville, France, MSD produced rolling stock consisting of three segment wagons, two mortar wagons and one flat wagon.

Track-bound logistics system, Palomino, Dominican Republic

The 11,200m long tunnel is to be drilled using a hard rock double-shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) of Herrenknecht AG with 4,565 mm diameter.


Ave Barcelona Trinidad tunnel project, Spain

The technical equipment for the transport of people, segments, mortar, etc., deployed behind the Herrenknecht AG tunnel boring machine (TBM), was produced and delivered by MSD. The diameter of the TBM for the 3,000m long tunnel...

“Wientalsammler”, Austria

MSD received an order to supply the technical equipment for the entry structure of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for construction of the Wiental collector relief sewer.

Wienerwald tunnel, Austria

The 11.6 km Wienerwald tunnel is part of the four-track widening of the west railway between Vienna and St. Pölten or Wels. The tunnel is designed for a speed of 200 km/h. The plant required to produce the segments comes from MSD.

City tunnel Malmö, Sweden

Construction of Malmö's city tunnel began in 2005. This tunnel links Malmö's main railway station with the Öresund bridge. MSD received an order to supply the starter structure for construction of the tunnel.

Underground railway tunnel, Marseilles, France

The underground railway network in Marseille has existed since 1977 and since 1984 has had two lines. The two lines are being extended and lengthened to provide an improved link with the railway and tramlines. MSD is the supplier...

Mont Sion motorway tunnel, France

To relieve the direct national route 201 across the Col du Mont Sion, a new A41 branch is being built, most of which will run in a tunnel under the Montagne de Sion and will link Cruseilles with the motorway junction on the A40...

Schlüchtern railway tunnel, Germany

The Schlüchterner tunnel lies on the mainline route between Hanau and Fulda and is the most important link for all trains travelling from the north and east to Frankfurt.

Metro tunnel, Ankara, Turkey

Ankara metro is one of the 4 underground railway networks in Turkey and currently has only one line, which links the south-eastern city centre with the north-western Batikent along a length of 14.6 kilometres.

City tunnel Cologne, Germany

MSD was awarded a contract to produce and supply the components for the shield starter construction (so-called "flying shield start") for the northern lot of the Cologne city tunnel. Cologne’s north-south city railway is being...

Marmaray railway tunnel, Turkey

The Marmaray project is one of the most ambitious construction undertakings of the modern Turkish politics. The Asian and European side are to be connected by a railway link from Istanbul which passes under the Bosporus and is...

Pajares railway tunnel, La Pola de Gordón, Spain

MSD was awarded a contract for the complete rolling stock for construction of the twin-tube 24.5 km long railway tunnel near La Pola de Gordón (Léon) in Spain.

TAISEI Corporation, Sofia, Bulgaria

MSD produced 2 mechanical segment clamps for our customer, TAISEI Corporation, for lifting lining segments out of the formwork and delivered them to Sofia, Bulgaria.

Underground railway tunnel, Moscow, Russia

Herrenknecht AG was awarded various contracts for the long overdue expansion of the Moscow metro system to supply technical equipment for the entry situation and various rolling stock as well as back-up units. Our parent company...

Tima wastewater tunnel, France

MSD received an order to deliver 4 spoil containers for the crane operation with drop bottom emptying for construction of a 2260 m long wastewater tunnel in Paris.

Power tunnel, Uluabat, Turkey

MSD was awarded a contract to provide the complete rolling stock for an 11.8 km long tunnel to be built near the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Drinking water tunnel, Seymor Capilano, Vancouver, Canada

A water filter project is currently underway in the large Vancouver water area to improve the drinking water quality for the city of Vancouver. MSD was awarded a contract to produce and deliver rescue cars.


CRTL railway tunnel in London, Great Britain

MSD received an order from our cooperation partner Techni Metal Systemes to produced, deliver and install two mortar carriers with running gear and worm conveyor for the CTRL Thames Tunnel London project.

Urban railway tunnel, Hamburg

A tunnel consisting of 2 tubes is to be bored to link Hamburg airport to the Hamburg railway network. For this project, MSD received an order for the production and installation of the entry shaft installations and all the...

Katzenberg railway tunnel in Efringen-Kirchen

MSD received an order to supply the starter structure for construction of the Katzenberg tunnel with a diameter of approx. 11 m and a length of 9 km in Efringen Kirchen.

Thames accident partition, London, Great Britain

This 2.5 kilometre long railway tunnel, in two tubes, bored, is part of the first new railway line to be built in Great Britain for more than one hundred years. MSD special structures in use Accident partition/bulkhead ...

Randstadt Rail railway tunnel in Rotterdam, Netherlands

With the Randstad Rail construction project, a new modern rail link is being built between the cities of Den Haag and Rotterdam. MSD received an order to deliver the technical equipment for the entry and exit situation of the...

Tunnel chain in Perschling, Austria

The tunnel chain in Perschling includes three drilled railway tunnels with a total length of 6.3 kilometres.

Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland

With two parallel single track tunnel tubes over a length of 57 km, the new Gotthard base tunnel through the Swiss Alps is the longest railway tunnel in the world. Construction of this line will be completed in four sections by...

Wastewater tunnel in Berlin, Germany

ADL tunnel Berlin Wastewater tunnel, 18 kilometres, one pipe, drilled, accommodates two parallel wastewater pressure pipes each with 1.2 metre diameter MSD logistics in use Trackless pipe laying equipment for simultaneous...

Floor relief heading for Klingenberg dam

HWE heading, Klingenberg dam Tunnel with pipes for flood relief, 3.31 kilometres, one tube, bored MSD logistics in use Transport equipment, tunnel locomotive "Jenny"

Road tunnel in Brisbane, Australia

The Brisbane North South Bypass Tunnel is a road tunnel, 4.7 kilometre long, two tubes, bored. It is a bypass road to relieve the city's bridges.

Underground railway tunnel in Caracas, Venezuela

MSD segment technology is in sue for the construction of the underground railway tunnel, 3.65 kilometres long, two bored tubes.

Road tunnel in Mount Sion, France

The Mont Sion tunnel is a road tunnel 2.9 kilometres long in two tubes, bored. The bypass road is to relieve the route nationale 201

Stationary concrete factory of Rekers, Spelle

Our customer, Rekers Betonwerk GmbH, is expanding its existing plant building for use of a complete segment carousel system. The plant engineering required for this for production of the segments is supplied by MSD.

Railway tunnel, Hallandsas, Sweden

The Hallandsas project is a railway tunnel, 8.6 kilometres long, two tubes, bored. It links the two cities of Malmö and Göteborg.

Railway Tunnel, Perthus, Spain

MSD was awarded a contract to supply the complete rolling stock for construction of the 8 km long railway tunnel on the Spanish - French border near Perthus (Spain).