Gotthard Base Tunnel
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a 57-kilometer railway tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps, renowned as one of the world’s longest and deepest traffic tunnels, designed to improve high-speed rail connectivity across Europe.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gotthard Rail Tunnel | 3 |
| Gotthard Base Tunnel route | 1 |
| Gotthard rail tunnel | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
base tunnel
ⓘ
infrastructure project ⓘ railway tunnel ⓘ |
| belongsToCorridor | Rhine–Alpine Corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| breakthroughDate | 15 October 2010 ⓘ |
| builder | AlpTransit Gotthard AG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Bodio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erstfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCost | approximately 12 billion Swiss francs ⓘ |
| constructionMethod |
drill and blast
ⓘ
tunnel boring machines ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| crossesUnder | Gotthard Massif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designSpeed |
160 km/h for freight trains
ⓘ
250 km/h for passenger trains ⓘ |
| electrification | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ |
| environmentalGoal | reduce road freight traffic across the Alps ⓘ |
| hasPortal |
north portal at Erstfeld
ⓘ
south portal at Bodio ⓘ |
| length |
57.1 kilometres
ⓘ
approximately 57 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Swiss Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Ticino NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumDepthBelowSurface | about 2300 metres ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTubes | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTunnelBoringMachinesUsed | 4 ⓘ |
| officialOpeningDate | 1 June 2016 ⓘ |
| operator |
SBB
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swiss Federal Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
European high-speed rail network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NRLA NERFINISHED ⓘ New Railway Link through the Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable high-speed passenger services
ⓘ
improve north–south rail traffic through the Alps ⓘ shift freight traffic from road to rail ⓘ |
| rank |
one of the deepest traffic tunnels in the world
ⓘ
one of the longest railway tunnels in the world ⓘ |
| reducesTravelTimeBetween | Zurich and Milan ⓘ |
| replaces | Gotthard Rail Tunnel as primary north–south rail axis ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
cross passages every 325 metres
ⓘ
emergency stops ⓘ ventilation systems ⓘ |
| startOfRegularService | 11 December 2016 ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
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Gotthard Rail Tunnel
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Gotthard Rail Tunnel
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Gotthard rail tunnel
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Gotthard Rail Tunnel
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Gotthard Base Tunnel route