How Does A Mega Tunnel Under The Alps Get Built?

How Does A Mega Tunnel Under The Alps Get Built? | Richard Hammond’s Big

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Richard Hammond shows how the Brenner Base Tunnel is built using massive machines and ingenious engineering techniques that will make it the worlds seconds longest railway tunnel when opened.
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@GamalKevin 3 жыл бұрын

The Italian guy seems like a cool dude

@cadfg7908 3 жыл бұрын

we’a gon ta freeze tha soil

@Zeigler_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@cadfg7908 Freezing the soil seems like a 60s/70s bad guy would do in a spy film

@mdhcccc 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zoltaaan that’s the most obnoxious comment I’ve ever read lmao. At least space it out’a more.

@darkvenom2982 3 жыл бұрын

He sounds like gru from despicable me movie

@shaiksfq6691 3 жыл бұрын

My name is Dracula, Bla Bla Bla

@adambg02 3 жыл бұрын

It may be called a boring machine, but to me it's still incredible.

@Pupswolke1 3 жыл бұрын

8:33 "Only in Italy could a massive engineering solution be inspired by ice cream" 😂😂

@saadnasir2922 3 жыл бұрын

The italian guy sounded exactly the way I expected him to

@jasonwilde197 3 жыл бұрын

At the expense of sounding lazy, any elevator that allows you to avoid stairs is Five Stars.

@Ocewot 3 жыл бұрын

meanwhile steps in elevator clicks lobby (first floor) the entire elevator plummets to the bottom floor i attempt to raise my arm to check my wrist to see how fast it was. it was instant! 10 stars! the only downside was they had to scrape me off the floor but still beats the stairs if you ask me.

@stalin1909 3 жыл бұрын

I have been thru Norway’s many many Tunnels ,from 10 to 25 km ones . and the tunnel btw Copenhagen and Malmö under the sea. As well as the one under Mont Blanc btw Italy and France . and every-time i drive in one of those . I’m always in Awe and appreciation of the monumental efforts and money behind those man made marvels . Humans can do wonders , when they’re not fighting or in war .

@jondomi3027 3 жыл бұрын

“It’s very NICEEEE” 😅😂

@80sday36 3 жыл бұрын

6:10 I'm not sure whether Hammond get impressed by the engineering methods or by this Italian engineer accent

@XX-rr6lg 3 жыл бұрын

Hammond can only answer that.

@MSI2k 3 жыл бұрын

He was trying not to laugh lol

@Mango-vd1nn 3 жыл бұрын

@@MSI2k looks like it lol

@nosferatus777 2 ай бұрын

@@MSI2k you should hear how an Englishman speaks Italian, much more fanny

@MrGuitarROCKplayer 3 жыл бұрын

Hannibal and Napoleon would have been thrilled.

@sjones8738 3 жыл бұрын

Being an engineer looks and sounds like an exciting job. Engineering affects everything in everyday life. Engineers have to get it right or it will affect life in a negative way. Engineering is a cool profession to pursue.

@yourlocalopp_ 3 жыл бұрын

As the saying goes my friend “ engineering makes the world turn”

@CooManTunes 2 жыл бұрын

You're simpleminded.

@drunkenwhiskeyeu 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Hamster didn't crash his motorcycle during the visit

@TobiasChien 3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂

@lupowo3966 3 жыл бұрын

Is it reasonably priced, tho? 🤔

@elinoamrichter162 3 жыл бұрын

It's because there was no finish line

@suzannahoque7383 2 жыл бұрын

HAMSTER!!!??

@user-teabager Жыл бұрын

Lol gold

@ridhobaihaqi144 3 жыл бұрын

English with italian accent 😊😊

@DerBaertigeBaron 3 жыл бұрын

Actually this tunnel is quiet small, but it seems like its big because Hammond is the host!

@pnwRC. 3 жыл бұрын

AWESOME video!

@aurelmatthews4164 Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna go back in time and try to explain to Hannibal that in the future we just dug a huge tunnel the alps to get to Rome

@muhammadadil5698 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel ❤️

@matthewgartell6380 3 жыл бұрын

That's a big hamster tube

@chandbasha606 3 жыл бұрын

You are excellent sir

@samenright4469 3 жыл бұрын

Just use a tunnel bores they work in 1.16.5

@technikchaot 3 жыл бұрын

if you use a world eater it also gets rid of the liquits. And because they are above 11 Blocks (they just want to dig through mountains not under the sea) they doesn't have to account for obsidian.

@Ascertivus 3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@Saleh_tbh 2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't drill, 'No it crashes'😂

@mikeunum 3 жыл бұрын

Mud finger, aeh ice cream finger. Haha.

@aquasauce362 3 жыл бұрын

People say that Italians don’t end everything with “ah” but it seems like they do.

@dkk9819 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever said that

@GianucaSimo 3 жыл бұрын

An italian perspective: "Mhmm... English yes"

@otomamu1 3 жыл бұрын

In Georgia, Metro Tbilisi tunnel some places are done same way 70 years before by frizzing soil.

@kratsa99 3 жыл бұрын

Wow never expected someone from my country to be here

@Teefs143 3 жыл бұрын

Wow italy is beautiful, i want it! I must conquer italy!

@thfreakinacage 3 жыл бұрын

Contrary to what the name suggests, that machine is actually quite interesting :P

@villainsneverdie5160 3 жыл бұрын

That dude’s accent made the indian accent sounds more adorable

@Untayza 3 жыл бұрын

@spikyeu9504 3 жыл бұрын

Real life flying machine

@KelvinSoFitness 3 жыл бұрын

Did the freezing work?

@Vauxaholicx 3 жыл бұрын

Borats brother !

@Damage_CTRL 3 жыл бұрын

When you find out your boss has a accent of indian engineer

@apatriot6421 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a Indian and I can confirm that's not a Indian accent, I don't know which accent it is but it's hurting my ears

@kingo1539 3 жыл бұрын

@@apatriot6421 Hey I could say the same about indian accents too!

@smbtouchmyspag8287 3 жыл бұрын

It is Italian accent.

@gordonramsdale 3 жыл бұрын

I am struggling to understand this freezing the sludge business at the end, yes I know there is now a drilled hole through the frozen solid ground - but what happens when the ice melts and that ground returns to sludge?

@joeamerican512 3 жыл бұрын

Go to the 6:40 mark. I believe they will have the final lining installed in the frozen area by the time it thaws.

@TheNamesArif 3 жыл бұрын

This freezing thing is just to help them dig it. After that there's already a wall

@Gerbrandt0245 3 жыл бұрын

They are putting Walls into the drilled holes, that are waterproof and able to hold the mass above them.

@daaneel 2 жыл бұрын

How is the structure even stable in that sludge? Unless they build a pile foundation down to solid rock

@faramund9865 Жыл бұрын

I think if anything, it's these kinds of things that people will remember our time for. Probably computers too, and unfortunately AI too. But this is such an amazing feat, and a lasting impact that everyone will be able to witness very clearly. Is it good? I don't know. Is it impressive? Incredibly so.

@martinacuna1093 2 жыл бұрын

PLEASE tell me someone else thought his accent was BORAT 100%???? LMAO!!!!

@dloadthis1617 3 жыл бұрын

😍

@jordanpitts1257 3 жыл бұрын

I live near an entrance, a safety tunnel. In the town near by 5 people have died from asbestosis.

@mathix6277 3 жыл бұрын

I'm suprised Azula is not commanding this machine

@user-io4ri8kl5t 2 жыл бұрын

وهذا هو المستقبل .

@Lbozo23691 3 жыл бұрын

dude kinda sounded like borat

@fox4534 3 жыл бұрын

Idda likea tip on tah measle nota rounda🤣

@0ninja213 3 жыл бұрын

Wha

@ijlala3799 3 жыл бұрын

That thing scream zombie apocalypse

@hashimkurd7536 3 жыл бұрын

I lucky guy😂

@mojomanrosie 3 жыл бұрын

Hey

@olgasolovjova4705 3 жыл бұрын

How do they frezze a large quantities of liquid nitrogen in short periods of time

@yeyex4165 3 жыл бұрын

Well since 78% of air is made out of Nitrogen I think they got it going

@yecto1332 2 жыл бұрын

I knew it hamsters love mud

@Hayko.S 3 жыл бұрын

Mama mia pizza ria 🇮🇹🍕😂

@petros1372 2 жыл бұрын

Machines made in Germany 🇩🇪 💪

@richardchan1642 3 жыл бұрын

*Luigi noise intensifies*

@DanielJohnsonWeddings 3 жыл бұрын

When it melts after being frozen they'll be in trouble. Obviously, they didn't think it through. I'm joking.

@TheNamesArif 3 жыл бұрын

This freezing thing is just to help them dig it. After that there's already a wall

@nikmcdonald3343 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNamesArif Can you not read?

@moogle68 Жыл бұрын

@@nikmcdonald3343 I can read, but I don't see a joke anywhere, just a completely ignorant, incorrect statement of fact being _called_ a joke.

@kasirmir1925 Ай бұрын

Just 15 metres a day? Did I hear that right?

@wotizit 24 күн бұрын

Can you do better

@yoboiiisean3666 3 жыл бұрын

Eyes kwimm

@michaelkhoo5846 2 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail looks like a giant chocolate chip cookie machine.

@Klembit 3 жыл бұрын

Switzerland is still first. Lets goooo

@maxgyver1_ 3 жыл бұрын

Italian accent....idk why suddenly i remember family guy

@CalScreamer01 3 жыл бұрын

He’s no longer an idiot (top gear reference)

@duke605 Жыл бұрын

7 billion? Over 20 years? That's nothing

@moogle68 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was surprised how cheap it was when he said that. In the US we just passed a bill to allocate 1 _trillion_ dollars to such projects over the next few years, so 7 out of that is like nothing, and yet we still have almost nothing as useful or ambitious in the works, smh.

@wotizit 24 күн бұрын

@@moogle68can the US even afford it

@stewartsavage1123 3 жыл бұрын

Slowly

@samwilli9366 3 жыл бұрын

(First couple of seconds) Jeremy Clarkson would not approve

@XavierBetoN 2 жыл бұрын

Id iz wondeRful-a how a they freeZe a the soil-a

@bogbog 3 жыл бұрын

Itsa me MARIO.

@cypherusuh 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder why they didn't sucks up all the sludge, make a tunnel at the bottom, fits in the lining, and fill the top with solid dirt

@gxy7166 3 жыл бұрын

How? Where would the river go?

@Tonyx.yt. 2 жыл бұрын

you cant remove soil under a river or otherwise river would collapse down

@dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd 3 жыл бұрын

Oh hey look it's the hamster.

@daviddavidson2357 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a big tunnel, Hammond just discovered a mouse hole.

@jessicaoloughlin8894 3 жыл бұрын

They subtitled the American guy in another episode and not the guy with the thick Italian accent? Ok.

@mynamejeff8401 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t get offended american

@jessicaoloughlin8894 3 жыл бұрын

@@mynamejeff8401 I’m British lol

@Toleich 3 жыл бұрын

"I say they're small but they weight more than me" Eh. 30kg isn't that heavy.

@bigzubber 3 жыл бұрын

Elon says that he can do it for 25% of the cost and time and it’s underground even worse, somehow they believed him😂

@HyperVegitoDBZ 3 жыл бұрын

Crypto fanatics are a proof that Elon can shit out anything and gullible idiots will follow him

@gordonramsdale 3 жыл бұрын

@@HyperVegitoDBZ #stopelon

@kianlihkin 3 жыл бұрын

I was imagining the Italian bloke to be a part of mafia...no offence here...but can u imagine???🤣🤣🤣

@mystuff1405 3 жыл бұрын

And why didn't they do this above ground? They could build special train tracks that would do the job at 1/10 the price and time.

@sherpack8098 3 жыл бұрын

Because making train tracks on hillsides is extremely expensive and needs alot more maintenance

@jackiechan_wtf4041 3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the steep mountain terrain in Italy? Imagine trying to haul a freight train up a 10% grade.

@MM-fe9mz 3 жыл бұрын

Super steep mountains and trains don't mix. Also above ground means more environmental damage plus disturbing towns and local roadways.

@Reemus4 3 жыл бұрын

If you build a roller coaster, sure...

@grasgruen84 3 жыл бұрын

you cant be from europe or you have never seen the alps or you wouldnt ask this rather silly question :D even if trains could climb the steeps and it would be possible (which it isnt) then the route would be like 10 times as long and not straight in anyway so trains would be way slower.

@thunderbear0 3 жыл бұрын

Indian Scottish South african and Australian accent is nothing infront of Italian ones

@Tonyx.yt. 2 жыл бұрын

the first man has a quite neutral accent but the second one is awfull

@larrycalabrese5689 3 жыл бұрын

I not like it

@grasgruen84 3 жыл бұрын

record braking 55km long? the gotthard railwaytunnel is 57km long. did i miss something or is he just stating wrong facts to make it more impressive?

@Tacticuz 3 жыл бұрын

The gotthard tunnel is 15km long mate, the only one stating wrong facts here is you

@grasgruen84 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tacticuz the one not being able to read seem to be you, i wrote about the railway tunnel which is 57km long, not about the auto tunnel that was built in 1980.

@namenlos40 3 жыл бұрын

The new tunnel will be connected to an already existing one. Then it will be a 64km long tunnel.

@fb55255 2 жыл бұрын

Length wise yes, but I think the Brenner base tunnel has a wider diameter than the Gotthard. Being the length only 2km different it makes the Brenner an impressive tunnel for the amount of rock displaced.

@SusanneAuer 2 жыл бұрын

Once completed the Brenner Tunnel will connect to the existing Intaltunnel. Combined it's a 64 km continuously underground route.