Wunderland Transcontinental Tunnel

Anybody who feels a vibration under their feet is probably standing on one of our trains for they pass only 5 cm underneath the floor. This ambitious and complex project is the world’s first link between Hamburg and America by rail.

The trains are secured by a 20 millimetres thick pane of bullet-proof glass. The floor was dug out with construction equipment 10 cm deep on a length of 5 metres. The side walls are equipped with 400 LEDs. Special attention was drawn to the sealing of the seams so that no water can penetrate into the tunnel.

What happens if a train derails in the tunnel? The arm of our largest employee is only one metre! The solution is a train of 4 engines which – forcibly if needed – pushes the train out of the tunnel.