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As of 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is the third Swiss tunnel to bear this title, after the Gotthard Tunnel (15 km or 9.3 mi, 1882) and the Simplon Tunnel (19.8 km or 12.3 mi, 1905). [28] It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel.
Until the opening of the Gotthard Road Tunnel in 1980, the Swiss Federal Railways offered car shuttle train services for cars and trucks through the Gotthard Tunnel. Today, that service exists as the rolling highway from the German to the Italian border and aims to reduce truck traffic on Swiss expressways.
The tunnel was built roughly parallel to the old railway tunnel, with portals a few hundred metres away from those of the railway. Prior to the opening of the tunnel, cars were transported through the nearby railway tunnel on car shuttle trains. Following the catastrophic fire in the road tunnel in 2001, car shuttle trains resumed operations ...
After 17 years, the 35.5 mile train tunnel being called 'a masterpiece of timing, cost and policy' has finally opened.
Weinberg Tunnel: 4.8: rail: Swiss Federal Railways Altstetten–Zürich–Oerlikon cross-city line: Wipkingen Tunnel: 1.2: rail: Swiss Federal Railways Zürich–Winterthur line: extended from 0.959 km in the 1990s Zermatt–Sunnegga Tunnel: 1.545: rail: SunneggaExpress: funicular railway, entirely in tunnel Zimmerberg Base Tunnel: 9.4: rail ...
Culminating at a height of only 705 m (2,313 ft) above sea level, the Simplon Tunnel was also the lowest direct Alpine crossing for 110 years, until the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016. The tunnel has a maximum rock overlay of approximately 2,150 m (7,050 ft), [2] also a world record at the time. Temperatures up to 56 °C (133 °F ...
The Munt la Schera Tunnel is a single lane road tunnel located in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It connects the Engadin valley with Lago di Livigno, through Munt la Schera. Completed in 1965, the tunnel is 3,394 metres (11,135 ft) in length. [1] The tunnel was built to transport building materials for the construction of the Punt dal Gall dam.
The total cost of the Vereina Tunnel reportedly came to CHF 670 million. [6] On 19 November 1999, a ceremony was held, attended by various officials such as the then Federal Councillor and Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger, to celebrate the official opening of the Vereina Tunnel. [2] Three days later, the first scheduled trains traversed ...