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The Betuweroute
A dedicated freight railway line
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Betuweroute in Europe
Bremen
Hamburg
Rot terdam
Kln
Nrnberg
M nchen
Wien
Basel
M ailand
Verona
Genua
Brindisi
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160 km
Length tunnels
18 km
Number tunnels
130
Length viaducts/bridges
12 km
5600
Sleepers
600.000
Axle load
< 25 ton
Capacity
10 trains
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Contracting
40 big contracts
Traditional
Design & Construct
Alliance:
Commissioner and constructer in one organisation
Share risks and profits
Expected profits 30 mio guilders
Final result 30 mio euro
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Project Management
Not only scope, time and money, also:
Communication
Environment
Safety
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Cost development
Total cost 4,7 billion euro
Excession of calculated costs less than 2%
European benchmark: Betuweroute is best practice
And not:
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Knowledge management
Innovations
New knowledge
For ProRail, school, universities and society at large
Scope widened
To be used for present and future projects
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