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1882
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1882 - 1960
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1983 - 1992
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1805
The first paved road through the mountains
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1830
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1846
An iron road made of steel
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1853
The long-standing committee
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1867
Ticino sets the pace
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1882
Keeping danger in check
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21 May 1882
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1897
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18 May 1906
The second tunnel
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30 April 1909
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14 July 1913
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1914
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1915
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1923
Water replaces coal
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1947
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1957
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1960
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30 January 1962
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1963
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24 June 1965
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1967
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19 June 1970
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1970
The abortive project begins
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1971
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5 June 1971
Environmental policy turnaround
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24 February 1977
The overall transport strategy
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19 December 1979
Gotthard or Splügen?
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1981
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1984
The Gotthard myth
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1985
A dissertation revives a railway
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1986
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1988
Making it happen
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11 July 1988
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1988
«Rail with road»
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1988
Order, build, operate
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1 March 1989
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28 November 1989
No link for Eastern Switzerland
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1990
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1990
Window of opportunity
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1990
The problem with slots
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3 October 1991
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1 May 1992
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1992
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26 September 1992
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5 December 1992
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1992
Tunnel vision
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1 February 1993
The NRLA and Europe
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20 April 1993
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3 October 1993
Work begins
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12 December 1993
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19 February 1994
Yes to the Alps Initiative
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19 February 1995
Green light for the network option
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28 May 1995
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12 September 1995
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1995
Rotterdam–Genoa
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17 April 1996
Uri’s concerns
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28 November 1998
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17 December 1998
Supervision
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31 December 1998
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13 June 1999
Adjustments go unnoticed
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4 July 1999
Construction begins
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7 October 1999
The big shift
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20 May 2000
The end of the 28-tonne limit
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26 November 2000
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24 October 2001
A fire brings big changes
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16 December 2003
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15 April 2004
The costs
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2005
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1 June 2006
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5 September 2006
Breakthrough in the Gotthard
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2007
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8 December 2007
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14 October 2008
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19 March 2009
The 5.4-billion stage
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2010
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2010
Using the tunnels to get away
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15 May 2012
No to the Porta Alpina
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22 August 2013
A million visitors
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31 May 2014
The four-metre corridor
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30 October 2014
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30 September 2015
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2015
Tunnels of the world
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31 May 2016
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10 December 2016
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2016
43,152 trains
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2016
The train feels the strain
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31 December 2016
Mind the doors
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11 August 2017
A vulnerable transport system
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2017
A language in themselves
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2019
Escher forever?
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2019
Ceneri, the third base tunnel
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2021
Whither the mountain routes?
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2021
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