Gotthard Base Tunnel
E452986
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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gotthard Base Tunnel canonical | 7 |
| Gotthard Rail Tunnel | 3 |
| Gotthard Base Tunnel route | 1 |
| Gotthard rail tunnel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4562765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gotthard Base Tunnel Context triple: [Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, managesStructure, Gotthard Base Tunnel]
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A.
Simplon Tunnel
The Simplon Tunnel is a major railway tunnel beneath the Alps connecting Switzerland and Italy, historically significant as one of the longest and most important transalpine rail routes.
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B.
Lötschberg Tunnel
The Lötschberg Tunnel is a major Swiss railway tunnel through the Bernese Alps that provides a key north–south transit route between the cantons of Bern and Valais.
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C.
Furka Base Tunnel
The Furka Base Tunnel is a long railway tunnel in the Swiss Alps that provides an all-weather, low-level route beneath the Furka Pass, improving connectivity and reliability on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn line.
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D.
Fréjus Rail Tunnel
The Fréjus Rail Tunnel is a major Alpine railway tunnel linking France and Italy, playing a key role in trans-European rail transport.
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E.
Mont Blanc Tunnel
The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a major trans-Alpine road tunnel linking France and Italy beneath the Mont Blanc massif, serving as a key route for international traffic through the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gotthard Base Tunnel Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Simplon Tunnel
The Simplon Tunnel is a major railway tunnel beneath the Alps connecting Switzerland and Italy, historically significant as one of the longest and most important transalpine rail routes.
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B.
Lötschberg Tunnel
The Lötschberg Tunnel is a major Swiss railway tunnel through the Bernese Alps that provides a key north–south transit route between the cantons of Bern and Valais.
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C.
Furka Base Tunnel
The Furka Base Tunnel is a long railway tunnel in the Swiss Alps that provides an all-weather, low-level route beneath the Furka Pass, improving connectivity and reliability on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn line.
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D.
Fréjus Rail Tunnel
The Fréjus Rail Tunnel is a major Alpine railway tunnel linking France and Italy, playing a key role in trans-European rail transport.
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E.
Mont Blanc Tunnel
The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a major trans-Alpine road tunnel linking France and Italy beneath the Mont Blanc massif, serving as a key route for international traffic through the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
base tunnel
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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
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tunnel boring machines ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| crossesUnder | Gotthard Massif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designSpeed |
160 km/h for freight trains
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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
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south portal at Bodio ⓘ |
| length |
57.1 kilometres
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approximately 57 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Swiss Alps
NERFINISHED
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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
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NRLA NERFINISHED ⓘ New Railway Link through the Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable high-speed passenger services
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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
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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
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emergency stops ⓘ ventilation systems ⓘ |
| startOfRegularService | 11 December 2016 ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
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Subject: Gotthard Base Tunnel Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gotthard Rail Tunnel
this entity surface form:
Gotthard Rail Tunnel
this entity surface form:
Gotthard rail tunnel
this entity surface form:
Gotthard Rail Tunnel
this entity surface form:
Gotthard Base Tunnel route