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Slope Stability - Rebuilding the Ahrtal 2025

Rockfall protection barrier with rockfall area above. The ring nets that absorb energy in the event of a rockfall are visible.

Slope Stability - Rebuilding the Ahrtal 2025

View of the railroad line during reconstruction. On the left: anchored safety nets on the steep embankment, earthworks and construction work in progress in the foreground.

Slope Stability - Rebuilding the Ahrtal 2025

Close-up of an RXE-2000 rockfall barrier.

Slope Stability - Rebuilding the Ahrtal 2025

Overview of a larger embankment element with several offset net levels - the safety measures follow the natural terrain profile for optimum slope stabilization.

Slope Stability - Rebuilding the Ahrtal 2025

Slope stabilization with mesh

Slope Stability - Rebuilding the Ahrtal 2025

Installation of a rockfall barrier at night - work is carried out around the clock.

Slope Stability - Rebuilding the Ahrtal 2025

Installation of a multi-part rockfall barrier along a steep rock face.

 
 

Year of installation

2025

Initial situation

In July 2021, the Ahrtal (Germany) was hit by one of the worst flood disasters in Germany. The railroad line running through the valley was almost destroyed. Almost four years later, not everything has been restored, but reconstruction is making visible progress. The line should be back in operation in 2025.

Description

To protect the rebuilt railway line from rockfall, thirteen rockfall barriers with a total length of 570 meters have been installed along the route over the past few months.

In addition, approximately 18,000 m² of embankment areas have been netted and secured. Eight more rockfall barriers with an additional length of 590 meters and around 7,000 m² of additional netting will follow before the line is scheduled for operation at the end of the year.

The rockfall protection (RXE-2000) gallery installed in the Altenahr station area, directly above the new platform, is a central element.

Work is carried out in shifts to complete this construction project on schedule, sometimes around the clock. 

Country/Region

Germany

Contractor

Protected object

Road, Railway, Building

Corrosion protection

GEOBRUGG SUPERCOATING

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