---
title: "AUGUST REINERS achieves partial breakthrough at Hamburg Harbor Railway Tunnel; continuous line of sight east to west"
sdDatePublished: "2026-07-31T09:04:00Z"
source: "https://www.hegemann-reiners.de/en/hamburg-port-rail-tunnel-partial-breakthrough-achieved-from-west-to-east/"
topics:
  - name: "heavy construction"
    identifier: "medtop:20000238"
  - name: "infrastructure projects"
    identifier: "medtop:20001245"
  - name: "civil engineering"
    identifier: "medtop:20000760"
  - name: "road transport"
    identifier: "medtop:20000341"
  - name: "railway transport"
    identifier: "medtop:20000340"
locations:
  - "Hamburg"
---


AUGUST REINERS achieves partial breakthrough at Hamburg Harbor Railway Tunnel; continuous line of sight east to west

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HAMBURG PORT RAIL TUNNEL: PARTIAL BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVED FROM WEST TO EAST

AUGUST REINERS has rea­ched a major inte­rim mile­stone at the Ham­burg Har­bor Rail­way Tun­nel. With the par­tial dis­mant­ling of the bored pile wall along the rail line, the par­tial breakth­rough from west to east has been achie­ved. For the first time, there is now a con­ti­nuous line of sight from the eas­tern excava­tion pit into the wes­tern sec­tion of the tunnel.

The struc­ture is being built as part of the A26 fede­ral high­way (Con­s­truc­tion Lot 4.2) as an under­pass beneath the Ham­burg Har­bor Rail­way. It is being con­s­truc­ted using the cut-and-cover method as a two-cell frame, with AUGUST REINERS car­ry­ing out the work as part of the ARGE Hafen­bahn­tun­nel Ham­burg con­sor­tium. Of the tun­nel sec­tions to be built, 172 meters have alre­ady been completed.

In the upco­ming con­s­truc­tion pha­ses, a sub­mer­ged con­crete floor with a volume of appro­xi­m­ately 7,825 m³ will be pou­red in the appro­xi­m­ately 5,215 m² excava­tion pit on the east side, before con­s­truc­tion pro­ceeds on the remai­ning appro­xi­m­ately 108 m of tun­nel and an ope­ra­ti­ons building.

This mile­stone is the result of close and solu­tion-ori­en­ted col­la­bo­ra­tion among all pro­ject par­ti­ci­pants. AUGUST REINERS would like to thank the cli­ent, DEGES (acting on behalf of Auto­bahn GmbH des Bun­des), its joint ven­ture part­ner Bauer Spe­zi­al­tief­bau, and the sub­con­trac­tors invol­ved. The par­ti­ci­pants jointly cele­bra­ted the mile­stone on site.

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