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Five options

11 July 1988
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A «Y» through the Alps
A «Y» through the Alps

In 1988, five possible options for the NRLA are on the table. One of them is the «Ypsilon» Alpine railway. It runs from Chur and Erstfeld mostly underground to Biasca. The two tunnel lines would have joined beneath Sedrun. (1986, Swiss Federal Archives)

In 1988 the NRLA project management presents five options for the NRLA to Federal Councillor Adolf Ogi: Lötschberg-Simplon, Gotthard, Ypsilon and two involving Splügen. This work forms a key basis for the Federal Council Dispatch of 23 May 1990 on the construction of the «Swiss rail line through the Alps». It recommends pursuing the Gotthard and Lötschberg-Simplon options.

« Gotthard and Lötschberg/Simplon are better than Ypsilon and Splügen. »

NRLA project management, Federal Office of Transport, Decision-making basis for a rail link through the Alps, p. 3, 12.07.1988

An issue of the magazine «Lo Splugo, Periodico del Comitato per il Traforo Ferroviario dello Spluga»

1987 , Swiss Federal Archives
PDF, 20 MB

Draft of a programme for the presentation of decision-making basis for Federal Councillor Adolf Ogi by the NRLA project management

1988 , Swiss Federal Archives
PDF, 9 MB

Decision-making basis from the Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy for an NRLA for the Federal Council

1987 , Swiss Federal Archives
PDF, 14 MB

Preliminary audit of the technical feasibility of a railway line through the Alps with a Y-shaped layout

1986 , Swiss Federal Archives
PDF, 14 MB

Geological map of the area between Chur and Trun

1987 , Swiss Federal Archives
PDF, 8 MB

Motor Columbus Ingenieurunternehmung AG, NRLA target system

1987 , Swiss Federal Archives
PDF, 4 MB
Alpine railway Y

Alpine railway Y, 1986 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Lötschberg/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic

Planning case: Lötschberg/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Gotthard / Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic

Planning case: Gotthard / Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Ypsilon/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic

Planning case: Ypsilon/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Splügen/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic

Planning case: Splügen/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Griti/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic

Planning case: Griti/Eurotransit. Passenger through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Lötschberg/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Lötschberg/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Gotthard/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Gotthard/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Ypsilon/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Ypsilon/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Splügen/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Splügen/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Griti/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Griti/Alpine Railway 2000. Passenger through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Lötschberg/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic

Planning case: Lötschberg/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Gotthard/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic

Planning case: Gotthard/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Ypsilon/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic

Planning case: Ypsilon/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Splügen/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic

Planning case: Splügen/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Griti/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic

Planning case: Griti/Eurotransit. Combined goods through traffic, 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Lötschberg/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Lötschberg/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Gotthard/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Gotthard/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Ypsilon/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Ypsilon/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Splügen/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Splügen/Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)
Planning case: Griti / Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion)

Planning case: Griti / Alpine Railway 2000. Combined goods through traffic (final expansion), 1987 (Swiss Federal Archives)

Echo der Zeit: Reaktionen von Regierungsvertretern verschiedener Kantone auf den Grundsatzentscheid des Bundesrates zur NEAT

1989, Swiss radio and television

Echo der Zeit: Representatives of various cantonal governments reacting to the Federal Council’s decision on the NRLA, 1989 (Swiss radio and television)

Literature on five options at Swissbib

www.swissbib.ch
125 hectares

estimated land needed for the Lötschberg base line.

285 hectares

estimated land needed for the Gotthard base line.

416 hectares

estimated land needed for the Splügen base line.

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