Projects.

During a nine-month closure period, 180 km of track, 70 km of overhead line and around 150 points will be renewed on the 278 km route. In addition, 28 stations will be rebuilt or upgraded and new control centres will be created and sections will be equipped with the new European Train Control System (ETCS). Following an intensive preparation and tendering phase, the extensive work within a consortium will begin on 1 August 2025, including the construction of 46 new points, approx. 70 km of track renewal including ballast cleaning and the upgrading of five stations. The construction project also includes a new railway overpass, including the associated electrotechnical modifications.

As part of the new railway bridge construction between the Berlin S-Bahn stations Bornholmer Straße and Wollankstraße, two angled retaining walls and a new noise barrier are being built and a second long-distance railway track is being prepared. In addition to the western track, a new platform access from the east side will be created by cutting under the tracks. A passenger tunnel is also being integrated into the listed building. Our tasks also include the overhead line connection, including the pylon foundations for the neighbouring Schönholz storage facility.

Our Leer branch is laying around 1,000 foundations and installing the new steel masts for the complete new construction of 81.5 km of overhead line systems. This also includes the installation of multi-track cantilevers, mast disconnectors and centre disconnectors. The work on the overhead line system is being carried out by our Equipment/​Electrical Engineering division. The construction project is divided into four sections, with our Kaltenkirchen branch coordinating the comprehensive logistics tasks.

In three weeks, our colleagues from the Leer branch, the Großbeeren branch and the Centre of Excellence Middle realiedt work including the renewal of 6,800 m of track and the conversion of 6 points. In addition, 250 foundations were laid for catenary masts and extensive work was carried out on the overhead line system on Germany’s busiest rail route. The bundled main services will be realised during the five-month full closure from July to December 2024. You can find out more on our Riedbahn-Landingpage.

The second S-Bahn project in the north of Berlin will run until 2027. SPITZKE’s work between Pankow Heinersdorf station and Hohen Neuendorf station includes the new construction and integration of the ESTW S8. In addition to the renewal of the signalling technology, the new construction of the hot-running/​fixed brake sorting systems and the renewal of the superstructure, many other trades are also involved.

To make this a reality, SPITZKE, together with Johann Bunte Bauunternehmeng GmbH & Co. KG and Hentschke Bau GmbH, has been working between Berlin Südkreuz station and the state border in Lichtenrade since October 2020. Among other things, around 5,500 driven-pile foundations and 25,500 meters of sound barriers will be installed, 30,000 meters of track will be renewed, and 21,400 meters of overhead lines will be erected. Completion is scheduled for December 2025. You can find more information on the major Dresden railway project in our News-section.

The ESTW S1 North electronic interlocking construction project was completed with the commissioning of the S-Bahn at the beginning of May 2024. Among other things, SPITZKE realised the equipment of three interlockings from a single source, including comprehensive superstructure and engineering construction measures. Our civil engineering, track, mast foundations and equipment/​electrical engineering competences were involved. You can read all the information about this important major project in the News-section.

During the compressed construction period from 26 May to 12 September, the Centre of Excellence Middle and the Centre of Excellence South, with the support of the entire group of companies, realised track renewal as well as ballast cleaning and renewal over a length of 133 km. The extensive work in a short construction period also included formation rehabilitation and the replacement of 41 points. All information and a film review of the general refurbishment can be found in our News-section.

From March 2021 to September 2023, the Centre of Excellence West coordinated the work between Leverkusen-Chempark and Leverkusen-Küppersteg and between Leverkusen-Rheindorf and Langenfeld-Berghausen. Support was provided by the Group’s entire overhead line expertise as well as our Leer branch, which carried out the numerous foundations. The main aim of the RRX expansion is to provide more direct connections every 15 minutes between Cologne and Dortmund. You can find all the details about the RRX here.

Under the leadership of the Large-Scale Projects / Structural Engineering division, three platforms and the pedestrian underpass were renovated and a new tram underpass was built in three construction phases until December 2022. The entire work was done during constant long-distance railway and suburban railway operation. In May 2020, the first of three stages of the project and the second in May 2022 was completed on time. The complete rebuilding reached its final stage with the successful point of commissioning of platform B in August 2023.

The first rail line was rebuilt just months after the floods in Rhineland-Palatinate. The section between Trier and Auw on the Kyll was completed in December, 2021. The second section to St. Thomas was completed by the SPITZKE track team in April, 2022. A special feature of the reconstruction of the Eifel route for rail traffic was the extremely brief planning period.

The design of the line will enables operating speeds of up to 250 km/​h. The demands on the overhead contact line were high, requiring special solutions and unconditional precision within only small tolerances to a considerable extent. A total of 305 drill foundations for mast and anchor were installed for the new line and 56. 1 m/​km of chain works are being pulled through SPITZKE.

This also completed the second stage of the revitalization of the 327 km line between Hannover und Würzburg. In a consortium with DB Bahnbau Gruppe GmbH, the partners only had an 84-day blocking period available (52 days for the track superstructure). SPITZKE was onsite with nearly its complete range of expertise. In September, the load-tamping operations were also successfully carried out and the section is back to regular operation. You can find more information in our project ticker.

SPITZKE is currently building the new train formation facilities in Eidelstedt and Stellingen with four or six tracks and a four-track maintenance facility with a three-track pre-routing group. The main work could already be completed in 2020. Remaining work will follow in 2021. A total of 6 km of conductor rail systems, 15 km of feeder cables and 5 km of return cable were installed for this project.

On the oldest railway line in Baden-Wuerttemberg, more than 2,000 masts are built by our foundation experts, most of them from SPITZKE’s own production subsidiary SPITZKE FAHRWEGSYSTEME GmbH. In December 2022, this major project was completed extremely successfully and on schedule. The first electrified trains will commence regular service after the timetable change. Read all about the electrification of the Suedbahn in our project ticker.

Today around 24 million passengers p. a. use this connection with the long-distance trains operated by Deutsche Bahn AG. From April to October 2020, the railway infrastructure company SPITZKE revitalized the 99 km long railway track under complete closure. The experts from our areas of expertise track, technology, logistics and equipment/​electrical engineering were on duty. On October 31, the high-speed rail line was put back into operation on schedule.

As soon as the west coast line is in operation, it will direct the wind power generated on the coast to the south of Germany. To carry out the work, we relied on our founding experts for overhead lines located in our branch Leer.

On the rail line between Asker and Brakerøya, 29 km of ballast cleaning and track renewal with track and sleeper changes had to be implemented. The work was carried out in record time and was completed on August 3rd, one week ahead of schedule. According to the client Bane NOR, never has a route been renewed so quickly. In addition, a rail line within a tunnel (the Lierasen tunnel) was renewed by using the conveyor belt method for the first time in Norway.

The project covered the entire range of service of the railway infrastructure, from track, equipment/​electrical engineering, buried cabling works and structural engineering to the construction of a new railway platform. In December 2018, the project has been completed.

The work on the single-track steep section required special approvals and safety precautions for all machines and equipment used on the steep section as well as specially trained personnel.

In the summer of 2017, our specialists renewed the Kystbanen tracks and the S-Bahn line between Valby and Svanemøllen in Denmark. The specialists on site were supported by SPITZKE track-laying machinery, welding, surveying and alignment, and logistics.