PROCEEDINGS OF THE RAPID TRANSIT TUNNELLING SYMPOSIUM, TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 15 AND 16, 1986

Topics covered: Underground Transit Construction in Toronto; Geotechnical Considerations for Tunnel Design and Construction; The "TAU" Narrow-Gauge Automated Subway System; New Small-Scale Subway System Introduced in Tokyo; Tunnel Boring Machine for Soft Ground Conditions; Continuous Tunnel Lining Development, Metro de Lyon; Rapid Transit Tunnel Design and Construction Considerations; Design and Construction of Rock Subway Station and Tunnels Using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method with Geotextile and Geomembrane Seepage Control; Tunnels for the New Hong Kong Metro; Tunnelling Productivity, Labour Considerations and Contracting Strategy; NRCC Tunnelling Technology--Recent Initiatives; The Extruded Tunnel Lining System; Outline of the Prototype Train and Other Facilities for Tokyo's No. 12 Line, the Smaller Diameter Tunnel Subway; and Edmonton Transit Tunnelling Methods.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport

  Queen's University
  Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6,   Canada 

  Toronto Transit Commission

  1900 Yonge Street
  Toronto, Ontario M4S 1Z2  Canada 

  National Research Council of Canada

  1200 Montreal Road
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1A 0R6
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 162 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Excavation and tunneling; Rapid transit; Structural design; Subways; Technology transfer; Tunneling; Tunneling machines; Tunnels
• Identifier Terms: New Austrian Tunneling Method
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Education and Training; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00473254
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CIGGT 86-29, Project PRO-551
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1987 12:00AM