Gotthard is a key passage for cargo - particularly between Germany and Italy. More than two-thirds of rail freight traffic in the Alps rolled through the tunnel last year. Journey times will now ...

Switzerland’s Gotthard Base TunnelExternal link is the world’s longest (and deepest) railway tunnel. Opened in 2016 after 17 years of construction, it consists of two 57.1km single-track ...

Nothing about the Gotthard project is small. In the course of building the tunnel, workers will excavate 25 million tons of rock, enough to fill a freight train stretching from Zurich to New York ...

The morning after the official opening of the Gotthard tunnel through the Alps, the world’s longest rail tunnel, newspapers in Switzerland and around the world have lavished congratulations and ...

Are we entering a new golden age of tunnels? Judging by the amount of ambitious proposals out there, we might well be ...

Pollegio (Switzerland), June 1 - The Gotthard Railway Tunnel under the Swiss Alps, the longest worldwide, "has a high symbolic value for which Italy is very grateful to Switzerland", Italian ...

The tunnel is a vital north-south link through the Alps One of Europe's main transport routes, the Gotthard road tunnel in Switzerland, was shut for several hours after a deadly crash. Police said ...

Switzerland just opened the longest and deepest train tunnel in the world; a $12 billion project that took 17 years to complete. Produced by Lamar Salter Follow BI Video On Twitter More from Tech ...

The first train comes out of the tunnel's North portal on the opening day of the Gotthard rail tunnel, at the North portal near Erstfeld, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The construction of ...

The Swiss Club in Melbourne celebrated the commencement of scheduled passenger travel through the new Gotthard Base Railway Tunnel with a fascinating display and information presentation featuring ...