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Tunnel & Rail

 

GOMACO equipment is the contractor's choice for concrete paving on tunnel and rail projects throughout the world. GOMACO is a manufacturer of concrete slipform pavers, placer/spreaders, trimmers/placers, texture/cure machines, curb and gutter machines, Spanit® work bridges, and more.

Projects in tunnels include paving track beds, emergency walkways, slotted drain, “U” channel, and other profiles.

Contact us today to learn how GOMACO equipment can be used to help make a profit on your tunnel or rail project.

 

 

GOMACO World Stories For Tunnel & Rail

At Work 24/7 On The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Project (England)

A High-Speed Connection Between France and Spain

GOMACO Engineering and the Commander III's Expertise on a German Tunnel Project

The Ayabe-Yokotani Tunnel Project (Japan)

What Lies Beneath (Netherlands)

A Tale Of Two Coasts (Australia)

Paving Roadway Through Two Tunnel Projects in Japan

Keeping Trains On-Track In Hong Kong

Painless Reconstruction (United States)

 

 

Commander III

England
A Commander III, equipped with a 3D guidance system, was used to slipform the floor and two evacuation walkways in the tunnel of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project connecting London, England, to Europe.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 33.1.

 

GOMACO On Tunnel & Rail Projects Around The World

Commander III

Japan
A Commander III slipforms the roadway out of the Rittou Tunnel on the Meishin Highway Road in Japan.

 

 

 

Commander III

France/Spain
The Perthus Tunnel is the link between Perpignan in France and Figueras in Spain, in the French/Spanish border town of Perthus. Two 28.5 ft. (8.7 m) diameter tunnels, each 5.2 miles (8.4 km) long, are part of the overall link connecting the two countries. The project was paved with a GOMACO Commander III.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 37.1.

 

 

 

Commander III

France/Spain
Slotted drain in the Perthus Tunnel between France and Spain is being slipformed by a four-track Commander III.

 

 

 

Commander III

Australia
The GOMACO four-track Commander III with 3D machine guidance slipforms the floor of a tunnel 14.7 feet (4.5 m) wide over continuous reinforced steel. This Commander III has high-rise tracks that are only six inches (150 mm) wide for minimum clearance.

 

 

 

Commander III

Scotland
A Commander III was used to slipform busways for the city of West Edinburgh, Scotland. The special profile is for the city’s buses, which have steering mechanisms on the wheels that sense off the curbs for automatic steering capabilities.

 

 

 

Commander III

Germany
A GOMACO Commander III slipforms inside one of two 4.3 mile (7 km) long tunnels that are part of the Finne Tunnel project between Leipzig and Erfurt, Germany.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 39.2.

 

 

 

Commander III

France/Spain
The Commander III on the Perthus Tunnel was equipped with a Leica 3D guidance system, which eliminated the need for stringline in the tunnel’s tight paving conditions.

 

 

 

Commander III and GHP-2800

Japan
Two GOMACO pavers slipform a highway inside the Ayabe Road Tunnel in Kyota, Japan.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 36.3.

 

 

 

C-450

France/England
The GOMACO finishing system used in a tunnel that connects France and England included a modified C-450 cylinder finisher, a texturing machine coupled with a walkway machine into one unit, and a rail pick-up machine.

 

 

 

Commander III

Switzerland
This four-track Commander III with Leica Geosystems 3D guidance is slipforming a railroad tunnel between Zurich and Thalwil, Switzerland.

 

 

 

Commander III

Netherlands
Both of the side walls in the Botlekspoor Tunnel were slipformed over steel reinforcing with a four-track Commander III.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 30.2.

 

 

 

GHP-2800

Japan
This four-track GOMACO paver was paving 25 feet (7.6 m) wide, and the slab was 8.3 inches (210 mm) thick, on a roadway in the Yufuin Tunnel on the Oita Highway in Kyushu, Japan.

 

 

 

Commander III

Australia
This contractor is slipforming parapet tunnel wall with their new Commander III in Perth, Western Australia. The wall is 38 inches (965 mm) tall and slipformed against a no-fines concrete base.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 28.2.

 

 

 

C-450

British Columbia, Canada
The GOMACO C-450 was used in this railroad tunnel in British Columbia, Canada, to complete 5.2 miles (8.4 km) of concrete base, which was 17 ft. (5.81 m) wide between the tunnel walls. The C-450 is set on rails attached to concrete starter walls, and the legs on the finisher are mounted so the C-450 runs inside the walls.

 

 

 

Commander III

England
The tracks on this Commander III were built to tilt up to a 35 degree angle to run on the curved walls of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project.

 

 

 

Commander III

Japan
A roadway through Japan's Suzuka Tunnel is being slipformed by a Commander III.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 35.2.

 

 

 

Commander III

Germany
Two Leica Geosystems' total stations, one to the left and one to the right, track the Commander III as it completes slipforming the concrete floor in the first of two tunnels on the Finne Tunnel project.

 

 

 

Commander III

Netherlands
This contractor used their Commander III to slipform the tunnel floor and sidewalls of the Botlekspoor Tunnel with a unique design to allow cable to be laid in them when the project is completed. The tunnels have a diameter of 28 feet (8.6 m) and each is 5906 feet (1800 m) long.

 

 

 

Commander III

Hong Kong
Anti-derailment barrier for an elevated light rail transport system in Hong Kong is slipformed with a Commander III.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 30.1.

 

 

 

Commander III

Portland, Oregon
A five mile (8.05 km) loop of railway of the Portland Streetcar railway project is slipformed with a Commander III.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 28.3.

 

 

 

Commander III

Russia
This four-track GOMACO Commander III with an IDBI is paving a roadway inside a tunnel at the site of the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

 

 

 

Commander III

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A four-track Commander III is slipforming the floor of the Liberty Tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

Commander II

Washington, D.C.
A Commander II is slipforming the rail bed inside a Metro tunnel in Washington, D.C.

 

 

 

Commander III

Windsor, Ontario, Canada
A four-track Commander III is slipforming a rail pad in a tunnel between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

 

 

 

Commander III

Australia
This four-track Commander III is slipforming barrier against a tunnel wall in the Tungun bypass in Queensland, Australia.

 

 

 

Commander III

Germany
The top width of the walkway in the Finne Tunnel varied between 3.4 feet (1.05 m) up to 5.7 feet (1.75 m). Height of the walkway was variable also, from 23.6 inches (600 mm) up to 37.4 inches (950 m). It was paved with a three-track GOMACO Commander III.

 

 

 

Commander III

Switzerland
A four-track Commander III, with Leica Geosystems 3D guidance, is equipped with high-drive tracks for the minimum-clearance conditions found in tunnels.

 

 

 

Commander III

Hong Kong
A three-track Commander III is slipforming variable barrier on a light rail system in Hong Kong.

 

 

 

Commander III

Austria
A GOMACO Commander III is slipforming inside a tunnel in Austria.

 

 

 

Commander III

Japan
Two paving beds 1.86 miles (3 km) long were slipformed by this Commander III in the Ichinose Tunnel in Japan.

 

 

 

Commander III

Netherlands
This contractor is slipforming a rail bed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with their four-track Commander III.

 

 

 

Commander III

Russia
The floor of a tunnel in Sochi, Russia, is being slipformed by a four-track Commander III with an IDBI.

 

 

 

Commander III

Germany
The Commander III's tracks were turned at 35 degree angles to pave inside the circular Finne Tunnel. The floor's profile was slipformed with a 28.3 inch (720 mm) wide drainage channel.

 

 

 

GT-3600

France
A GOMACO GT-3600 is slipforming a rail bed at Port Autonome in Paris, France.