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The Mainz transport company is extending its tram network by 19 kilometres of track. The extension will connect the university, university of applied sciences and stadium as well as the districts of Bretzenheim, Marienborn and Lerchenberg to the MVG rail network. The route of the double track runs - apart from short sections flush with the road - on special railway structures. Section 6 begins at the crossing of the route with the A 60 motorway and runs via the Marienborn district to the Lerchenberg district.
Services:
- approx. 50,000 m³ of excavated earth
- approx. 15,000 m³ embankment construction for crossing the A 60 motorway and L 422
- approx. 35,000 m³ disposal
- approx. 4,500 m track construction - open cross sleeper track
- approx. 2,000 m track construction - grass track
- approx. 200 m track construction - covered track, bituminous
- 6 platforms
- 100 foundations for catenary masts
- Approx. 10,000 m² new construction of road surfaces in asphalt
- approx. 2,000 m² new construction of pavements in paving
- Approx. 2,000 m laying of empty conduits for cables
- approx. 1,000 m cable laying 20 KV
- approx. 3,000 m cable laying 0.4 KV
- approx. 400 m relocation/new construction of district heating
Special feature:
Despite significantly higher construction costs, the deadline for commissioning the line on 11 December 2017 was met.
