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RandstadRail Rotterdam. Infrastructure and Architecture | Ben Maandag | 9789056627966

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RandstadRail Rotterdam

Infrastructure and Architecture

Author:Ben Maandag

Publisher:NAi Uitgevers

ISBN: 978-90-5662-796-6

  • Hardcover
  • Dutch, English
  • 192 Pages
  • Jan 7, 2011

The commission: to bore a tunnel that extends for almost 2.5 km and connects two new underground stations within an urban area. The construction of the Rotterdam section of RandstadRail presented an enormous challenge on many different fronts. The lavishly illustrated RandstadRail Rotterdam – Architecture and Construction offers a fascinating glimpse into this intensive and innovative building process.

The commission: to bore a tunnel that extends for almost 2.5 km and connects two new underground stations within an urban area. The construction of the Rotterdam section of RandstadRail presented an enormous challenge on many different fronts. The lavishly illustrated RandstadRail Rotterdam – Architecture and Construction offers a fascinating glimpse into this intensive and innovative building process.

Rotterdam has written yet another chapter in the ongoing expansion of its underground network with the new light rail link between Rotterdam and The Hague. The extraordinary construction of RandstadRail has already become a textbook case of how modern infrastructure can be built in the middle of a city. The tunnel boring machine Pandora played a key part in this as its rotating cutter head cleared a path deep below Rotterdam. RandstadRail Rotterdam is a tale of innovative technology and the people behind it.

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