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 года назад +413

    The Italian guy seems like a cool dude

    • @cadfg7908
      @cadfg7908 3 года назад +23

      we’a gon ta freeze tha soil

    • @Zeigler_
      @Zeigler_ 3 года назад +4

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

    • @mdhcccc
      @mdhcccc 3 года назад

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

    • @darkvenom2982
      @darkvenom2982 3 года назад +3

      He sounds like gru from despicable me movie

    • @shaiksfq6691
      @shaiksfq6691 2 года назад

      My name is Dracula, Bla Bla Bla

  • @adambg02
    @adambg02 3 года назад +67

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

  • @Pupswolke1
    @Pupswolke1 2 года назад +16

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

  • @saadnasir2922
    @saadnasir2922 2 года назад +25

    The italian guy sounded exactly the way I expected him to

  • @jasonwilde197
    @jasonwilde197 3 года назад +284

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

    • @Ocewot
      @Ocewot 3 года назад +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.

  • @jondomi3027
    @jondomi3027 3 года назад +35

    “It’s very NICEEEE” 😅😂

  • @stalin1909
    @stalin1909 3 года назад +23

    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 .

  • @sjones8738
    @sjones8738 3 года назад +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_ 3 года назад +2

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

    • @CooManTunes
      @CooManTunes 2 года назад

      You're simpleminded.

  • @MrGuitarROCKplayer
    @MrGuitarROCKplayer 3 года назад +11

    Hannibal and Napoleon would have been thrilled.

  • @80sday36
    @80sday36 3 года назад +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 года назад +3

      Hammond can only answer that.

    • @MSI2k
      @MSI2k 3 года назад +4

      He was trying not to laugh lol

    • @Mango-vd1nn
      @Mango-vd1nn 3 года назад

      @@MSI2k looks like it lol

    • @nosferatus777
      @nosferatus777 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @drunkenwhiskeyeu
    @drunkenwhiskeyeu 3 года назад +248

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

  • @ridhobaihaqi144
    @ridhobaihaqi144 3 года назад +25

    English with italian accent 😊😊

  • @pnwRC.
    @pnwRC. 3 года назад +6

    AWESOME video!

  • @DerBaertigeBaron
    @DerBaertigeBaron 3 года назад +20

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

  • @muhammadadil5698
    @muhammadadil5698 3 года назад +3

    I love this channel ❤️

  • @aurelmatthews4164
    @aurelmatthews4164 Год назад +2

    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

  • @chandbasha606
    @chandbasha606 3 года назад

    You are excellent sir

  • @Ascertivus
    @Ascertivus 3 года назад +1

    Cool!

  • @matthewgartell6380
    @matthewgartell6380 3 года назад +16

    That's a big hamster tube

  • @aquasauce362
    @aquasauce362 3 года назад +19

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

    • @dkk9819
      @dkk9819 3 года назад

      Nobody ever said that

  • @samenright4469
    @samenright4469 3 года назад +12

    Just use a tunnel bores they work in 1.16.5

    • @technikchaot
      @technikchaot 2 года назад

      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.

  • @Saleh_tbh
    @Saleh_tbh 2 года назад +1

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

  • @GianucaSimo
    @GianucaSimo 3 года назад +6

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

  • @Teefs143
    @Teefs143 3 года назад +12

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

  • @mikeunum
    @mikeunum 3 года назад +4

    Mud finger, aeh ice cream finger. Haha.

  • @thfreakinacage
    @thfreakinacage 3 года назад +1

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

  • @villainsneverdie5160
    @villainsneverdie5160 3 года назад +32

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

  • @Vauxaholicx
    @Vauxaholicx 3 года назад

    Borats brother !

  • @otomamu1
    @otomamu1 3 года назад +2

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

    • @kratsa99
      @kratsa99 3 года назад +1

      Wow never expected someone from my country to be here

  • @Damage_CTRL
    @Damage_CTRL 3 года назад +37

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

    • @apatriot6421
      @apatriot6421 3 года назад +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 года назад +6

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

    • @smbtouchmyspag8287
      @smbtouchmyspag8287 3 года назад +4

      It is Italian accent.

  • @KelvinSoFitness
    @KelvinSoFitness 3 года назад

    Did the freezing work?

  • @spikyeu9504
    @spikyeu9504 3 года назад

    Real life flying machine

  • @faramund9865
    @faramund9865 Год назад

    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.

  • @mathix6277
    @mathix6277 3 года назад +7

    I'm suprised Azula is not commanding this machine

  • @dloadthis1617
    @dloadthis1617 3 года назад +1

    😍

  • @martinacuna1093
    @martinacuna1093 2 года назад +1

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

  • @jordanpitts1257
    @jordanpitts1257 3 года назад +3

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

  • @kasirmir1925
    @kasirmir1925 2 дня назад

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

  • @Lbozo23691
    @Lbozo23691 3 года назад +5

    dude kinda sounded like borat

    • @fox4534
      @fox4534 3 года назад

      Idda likea tip on tah measle nota rounda🤣

    • @0ninja213
      @0ninja213 3 года назад

      Wha

  • @ijlala3799
    @ijlala3799 3 года назад

    That thing scream zombie apocalypse

  • @gordonramsdale
    @gordonramsdale 3 года назад +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 года назад +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 года назад +1

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

    • @Gerbrandt0245
      @Gerbrandt0245 3 года назад

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

    • @daaneel
      @daaneel 2 года назад

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

  • @user-io4ri8kl5t
    @user-io4ri8kl5t 2 года назад

    وهذا هو المستقبل .

  • @duke605
    @duke605 Год назад +2

    7 billion? Over 20 years? That's nothing

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 11 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @hashimkurd7536
    @hashimkurd7536 3 года назад

    I lucky guy😂

  • @olgasolovjova4705
    @olgasolovjova4705 3 года назад +2

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

    • @yeyex4165
      @yeyex4165 3 года назад

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

  • @yecto1332
    @yecto1332 2 года назад

    I knew it hamsters love mud

  • @mojomanrosie
    @mojomanrosie 3 года назад +1

    Hey

  • @DanielJohnsonWeddings
    @DanielJohnsonWeddings 3 года назад +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 года назад

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

    • @nikmcdonald3343
      @nikmcdonald3343 3 года назад +1

      @@TheNamesArif Can you not read?

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@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 года назад

    *Luigi noise intensifies*

  • @Hayko.S
    @Hayko.S 3 года назад

    Mama mia pizza ria 🇮🇹🍕😂

  • @CalScreamer01
    @CalScreamer01 3 года назад

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

  • @michaelkhoo5846
    @michaelkhoo5846 2 года назад

    The thumbnail looks like a giant chocolate chip cookie machine.

  • @Klembit
    @Klembit 3 года назад

    Switzerland is still first. Lets goooo

  • @petros1372
    @petros1372 2 года назад +1

    Machines made in Germany 🇩🇪 💪

  • @maxgyver1_
    @maxgyver1_ 3 года назад +1

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

  • @yoboiiisean3666
    @yoboiiisean3666 3 года назад +2

    Eyes kwimm

  • @samwilli9366
    @samwilli9366 3 года назад +1

    (First couple of seconds) Jeremy Clarkson would not approve

  • @daviddavidson2357
    @daviddavidson2357 2 года назад

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

  • @XavierBetoN
    @XavierBetoN 2 года назад

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

  • @dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd
    @dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd 3 года назад

    Oh hey look it's the hamster.

  • @jessicaoloughlin8894
    @jessicaoloughlin8894 3 года назад +1

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

  • @bigzubber
    @bigzubber 3 года назад +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 года назад +2

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

    • @gordonramsdale
      @gordonramsdale 3 года назад

      @@HyperVegitoDBZ #stopelon

  • @cypherusuh
    @cypherusuh 3 года назад

    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 3 года назад

      How? Where would the river go?

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 2 года назад

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

  • @bogbog
    @bogbog 3 года назад

    Itsa me MARIO.

  • @stewartsavage1123
    @stewartsavage1123 3 года назад

    Slowly

  • @Toleich
    @Toleich 3 года назад +2

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

  • @kianlihkin
    @kianlihkin 3 года назад

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

  • @mystuff1405
    @mystuff1405 3 года назад +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 года назад +5

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

    • @jackiechan_wtf4041
      @jackiechan_wtf4041 3 года назад +13

      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 года назад +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 года назад +5

      If you build a roller coaster, sure...

    • @grasgruen84
      @grasgruen84 3 года назад +1

      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
    @thunderbear0 3 года назад

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

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 2 года назад +2

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

  • @larrycalabrese5689
    @larrycalabrese5689 3 года назад

    I not like it

  • @grasgruen84
    @grasgruen84 3 года назад

    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 3 года назад +1

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

    • @grasgruen84
      @grasgruen84 3 года назад

      @@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 года назад +3

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

    • @fb55255
      @fb55255 2 года назад

      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 Год назад +1

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

  • @kettlebellsporttraining1507
    @kettlebellsporttraining1507 Год назад

    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 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @mrtripp4983
    @mrtripp4983 Год назад

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