Koralm railway
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A fast and safe service between Styria and Carinthia: That’s the Koralm Railway. It’s part of the new Southern Line in Austria and one of the most important infrastructure projects in Europe.

The Koralm railway connects the Austrian cities of Graz and Klagenfurt. It is 126 km long and designed for a maximum speed of 250 km/h. Centerpiece is the 33 km long Koralmtunnel. It has two tunnels, which are covered by the Koralpe mountain range at a height of up to 1,200 meters. Construction started in 1999 and the line will open on 14. December 2025.

  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is truely a great project for the southern regions of austria.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    1·
    2 days ago

    Surprised the right-wingers didn’t call it woke and stop construction to promote the almighty car and lorry.

    • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Actually, the conservative/right parties brought the project on track, back in the early 2000s.

        • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          From the Wikipedia article on the Koralmbahn, here is a short translation of the key excerpt by Google:

          This initiative was spearheaded by the former governors of Carinthia and Styria, Jörg Haider (FPÖ/BZÖ) and Waltraud Klasnic (ÖVP). For the first time, the states of Carinthia and Styria contributed to the financing (€140 million each) to hasten the project’s realization.