Brenner Railway bypass was completed in 1994 to improve access to the Lower Inn Valley railway. The bypass consists of a 12.75-kilometre tunnel (Austria's longest) and aims to remove the bulk of the freight train traffic from Innsbruck. In Italy, several new sections have been built, removing sections of line with several short tunnels with small cross sections. These include the 13.159-metre long Sciliar tunnel opened in 1994, the 7.267-metre long Pflersch tunnel opened in 1999 and the 3,939-metre long Cardano tunnel opened in 1998. Following a sharp increase in freight traffic through the Brenner Pass (largely on road), the railway is
Ève Brenner Ève Brenner Ève Brenner (born 11 September 1941) is a French opera singer notable for her voice which could cover five octaves. She has two children, the singer Aude Brenner, and director Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Brenner was born in Saint-Chartier. Her parents were both musicians. Her father, Ludwig Brenner, was deported in 1942, leaving her mother Jeanne to raise the children alone. The family returned to Paris at the end of the war, where her mother rejoined her orchestra and left her children in the care of their grandparents. Aged 14, Brenner left school to join her mother’s orchestra. Brenner studied