Joint venture contract worth high three-digit million-euro amount
HOCHTIEF, together with its partner Implenia, has been awarded another major contract by Deutsche Bahn for the second main line of the S-Bahn rail network in Munich. The volume of the new project, which will link the Ostbahnhof and Marienhof stations in the heart of the Bavarian capital, is worth a high three-digit million-euro amount. Both companies each have a 50% share in the Tunnel Ostbahnhof consortium.
The joint venture under the technical leadership of HOCHTIEF Infrastructure will construct two traffic tunnels and a rescue tunnel, the underground station Munich East, as well as a new track underpass, over a distance of around three kilometers. Construction work will begin in June 2025 and is scheduled to be completed by May 2033.
Both companies have already been working together on a central hub for Munich’s second main line. In 2018, the joint venture partners were awarded the contract to build the central, underground Marienhof station. Work there is now well advanced at a depth of up to 44 meters.
The second main line is an additional largely underground inner-city connection that runs roughly parallel to the first main line in the center of Munich, which opened in 1972. The project extends over a length of around eleven kilometers and serves to increase capacity on the heavily used section.
“HOCHTIEF is currently delivering several major infrastructure projects in Germany, such as the Rhine highway bridges in Leverkusen and Duisburg, as well as several major rail projects. The expansion and renewal of transportation infrastructure are important levers for enabling economic growth and improving people’s quality of life,” says HOCHTIEF CEO Juan Santamaría. “We want to continue to grow in the German infrastructure market in cooperation with local partners. In this respect, we are very pleased to be able to provide an attractive solution with this second contract in Munich. In the future, the approved 500-billion-euro infrastructure investment package in Germany is expected to provide an enormous opportunity to accelerate the modernization of roads, bridges, tunnels and social infrastructure in the country.”
Jens Vollmar, CEO of Implenia, is pleased about the new contract for the complex major project in the center of Munich, which fits perfectly with the strategic focus of the construction and real estate service provider: “Maintaining and developing a functioning transport infrastructure is central to the quality of life in our cities. I’m very happy that Implenia, with its many years of experience and comprehensive expertise, is once again able to contribute actively to improving public transport in Munich.”