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
    @GamalKevin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    The Italian guy seems like a cool dude

    • @cadfg7908
      @cadfg7908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      we’a gon ta freeze tha soil

    • @Zeigler_
      @Zeigler_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @mdhcccc
      @mdhcccc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @darkvenom2982
      @darkvenom2982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He sounds like gru from despicable me movie

    • @shaiksfq6691
      @shaiksfq6691 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My name is Dracula, Bla Bla Bla

  • @adambg02
    @adambg02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

  • @saadnasir2922
    @saadnasir2922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The italian guy sounded exactly the way I expected him to

  • @jasonwilde197
    @jasonwilde197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

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

    • @Ocewot
      @Ocewot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @Pupswolke1
    @Pupswolke1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @80sday36
    @80sday36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

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

    • @XX-rr6lg
      @XX-rr6lg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hammond can only answer that.

    • @MSI2k
      @MSI2k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was trying not to laugh lol

    • @Mango-vd1nn
      @Mango-vd1nn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MSI2k looks like it lol

    • @nosferatus777
      @nosferatus777 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @jondomi3027
    @jondomi3027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    “It’s very NICEEEE” 😅😂

  • @stalin1909
    @stalin1909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    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 .

  • @MrGuitarROCKplayer
    @MrGuitarROCKplayer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hannibal and Napoleon would have been thrilled.

  • @davidberan9612
    @davidberan9612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +248

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

  • @sjones8738
    @sjones8738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    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_
      @yourlocalopp_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @CooManTunes
      @CooManTunes ปีที่แล้ว

      You're simpleminded.

  • @DerBaertigeBaron
    @DerBaertigeBaron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @ridhobaihaqi144
    @ridhobaihaqi144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    English with italian accent 😊😊

  • @pnwRC.
    @pnwRC. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    AWESOME video!

  • @muhammadadil5698
    @muhammadadil5698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this channel ❤️

  • @aurelmatthews4164
    @aurelmatthews4164 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @aquasauce362
    @aquasauce362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @dkk9819
      @dkk9819 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nobody ever said that

  • @chandbasha606
    @chandbasha606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are excellent sir

  • @matthewgartell6380
    @matthewgartell6380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That's a big hamster tube

  • @Ascertivus
    @Ascertivus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool!

  • @GianucaSimo
    @GianucaSimo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @Teefs143
    @Teefs143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @samenright4469
    @samenright4469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Just use a tunnel bores they work in 1.16.5

    • @technikchaot
      @technikchaot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @villainsneverdie5160
    @villainsneverdie5160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @Untayza
      @Untayza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no

  • @Damage_CTRL
    @Damage_CTRL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @apatriot6421
      @apatriot6421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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
      @kingo1539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @smbtouchmyspag8287
      @smbtouchmyspag8287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is Italian accent.

  • @Saleh_tbh
    @Saleh_tbh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It doesn't drill, 'No it crashes'😂

  • @otomamu1
    @otomamu1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @kratsa99
      @kratsa99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow never expected someone from my country to be here

  • @thfreakinacage
    @thfreakinacage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mikeunum
    @mikeunum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mud finger, aeh ice cream finger. Haha.

  • @martinacuna1093
    @martinacuna1093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Vauxaholicx
    @Vauxaholicx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Borats brother !

  • @faramund9865
    @faramund9865 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @spikyeu9504
    @spikyeu9504 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real life flying machine

  • @KelvinSoFitness
    @KelvinSoFitness 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did the freezing work?

  • @mathix6277
    @mathix6277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm suprised Azula is not commanding this machine

  • @dloadthis1617
    @dloadthis1617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😍

  • @duke605
    @duke605 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7 billion? Over 20 years? That's nothing

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @ijlala3799
    @ijlala3799 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That thing scream zombie apocalypse

  • @jordanpitts1257
    @jordanpitts1257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Lbozo23691
    @Lbozo23691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    dude kinda sounded like borat

    • @fox4534
      @fox4534 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Idda likea tip on tah measle nota rounda🤣

    • @0ninja213
      @0ninja213 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wha

  • @hashimkurd7536
    @hashimkurd7536 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lucky guy😂

  • @yecto1332
    @yecto1332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I knew it hamsters love mud

  • @michaelkhoo5846
    @michaelkhoo5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The thumbnail looks like a giant chocolate chip cookie machine.

  • @petros1372
    @petros1372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Machines made in Germany 🇩🇪 💪

  • @gordonramsdale
    @gordonramsdale 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @joeamerican512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @TheNamesArif 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Gerbrandt0245
      @Gerbrandt0245 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @daaneel
      @daaneel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @user-io4ri8kl5t
    @user-io4ri8kl5t 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    وهذا هو المستقبل .

  • @DanielJohnsonWeddings
    @DanielJohnsonWeddings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @TheNamesArif
      @TheNamesArif 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @nikmcdonald3343
      @nikmcdonald3343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheNamesArif Can you not read?

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @richardchan1642
    @richardchan1642 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Luigi noise intensifies*

  • @mojomanrosie
    @mojomanrosie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey

  • @CalScreamer01
    @CalScreamer01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Hayko.S
    @Hayko.S 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mama mia pizza ria 🇮🇹🍕😂

  • @daviddavidson2357
    @daviddavidson2357 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Klembit
    @Klembit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Switzerland is still first. Lets goooo

  • @olgasolovjova4705
    @olgasolovjova4705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @yeyex4165
      @yeyex4165 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kianlihkin
    @kianlihkin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @yoboiiisean3666
    @yoboiiisean3666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Eyes kwimm

  • @maxgyver1_
    @maxgyver1_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @samwilli9366
    @samwilli9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    (First couple of seconds) Jeremy Clarkson would not approve

  • @dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd
    @dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh hey look it's the hamster.

  • @jessicaoloughlin8894
    @jessicaoloughlin8894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @bogbog
    @bogbog 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Itsa me MARIO.

  • @stewartsavage1123
    @stewartsavage1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Slowly

  • @Toleich
    @Toleich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @bigzubber
    @bigzubber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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
      @HyperVegitoDBZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @gordonramsdale
      @gordonramsdale 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HyperVegitoDBZ #stopelon

  • @XavierBetoN
    @XavierBetoN 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @cypherusuh
    @cypherusuh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @gxy7166 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How? Where would the river go?

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kettlebellsporttraining1507
    @kettlebellsporttraining1507 ปีที่แล้ว

    The real answer to your question is: “It won’t be completed, ever”… France knows it, Italy knows it..that tunnel is useless

    • @edoio.7283
      @edoio.7283 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's not the turin lyon tunnel, is the tunnel di base Gottardo, another one in the east

  • @thunderbear0
    @thunderbear0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @mystuff1405
    @mystuff1405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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
      @sherpack8098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @jackiechan_wtf4041
      @jackiechan_wtf4041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @MM-fe9mz
      @MM-fe9mz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @Reemus4
      @Reemus4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you build a roller coaster, sure...

    • @grasgruen84
      @grasgruen84 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @larrycalabrese5689
    @larrycalabrese5689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I not like it

  • @grasgruen84
    @grasgruen84 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @Tacticuz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @grasgruen84
      @grasgruen84 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @namenlos40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @fb55255
      @fb55255 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @SusanneAuer ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mrtripp4983
    @mrtripp4983 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah dad took a shat in one of those tunnels once ...