metres in height and 2.6 metres in breadth to travel by rail between Basel and Chiasso/Luino, the tunnels need…

The first breakthrough by a boring machine in the Gotthard Base Tunnel takes place on 6 September 2006. The…

through the Gotthard and the Splügen presents its report at the end of 1979. It concludes that a new tunnel…

little noticed by the public. It brings forward certain construction projects, such as the twin-track tunnel…

24,757 freight trains and 18,395 passenger trains travel through the Gotthard Base Tunnel in its first year of…

ing ceremony for the Piora exploratory boring system. Construction of the Kandersteg exploratory tunnel begins…

visitor to a construction site. The public have been given the opportunity to find out about the tunnel plans…

construction as a symbol of openness. The spectacular ceremony marking the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel…

numerous minor technological innovations. New escape doors were constructed for the Gotthard Base Tunnel which…

opening of the Gotthard tunnel from Göschenen to Airolo. In total, 199 workers are killed building it.…