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1882 - 2021
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1882
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Displaying results 361 to 370 of 595.
  1. 2015
    Report by the NRLA supervisory delegation of the Federal Councils for 2014

    (GBT) Die Arbeiten am GBT verliefen in der Berichtsperiode plangemäss, die Inbetrieb- nahme des Tunnels wird…

  2. 1992
    Arguments from Federal Councillor Adolf Ogi

    vorerst auf den Bau eines Tunnels zu beschränken und erst nach dessen Inbetriebnahme, je nach politischem…

  3. undated
    Synopsis of traffic scenarios and forecasts, 2003 + 2004

    ist ^ingeklärt. • Francesco Welti Als sich der Ständerat kürzlich für den Vollausbau des Ceneri- tunnels…

  4. 1998
    Review of the annual funding requirement for large-scale rail projects

    2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1 .oetschberg - tunnel de base 24 48 59 63 69 263 98 290 330 359 414 371…

  5. 1993
    Adolf Ogi, Rede beim Spatenstich Polmengo, 22. September

    Vorgehen Der heutige Spatenstich gilt dem wichtigsten Erkundungsstollen flur den Gotthard-Basis- tunnel. Der…

  6. 1993
    Adolf Ogi, speech at the groundbreaking ceremony in Polmengo, 22 September

    Vorgehen Der heutige Spatenstich gilt dem wichtigsten Erkundungsstollen flur den Gotthard-Basis- tunnel. Der…

  7. 2008
    Federal Council decree on the future development of the rail infrastructure

    an, nicht nur dort, wo Infrastrukturen gebaut werden. Erweiterungsoptionen (EO): Tunnel Ausbau Art. 10ZEBG…

  8. 2017
    The History of the Gotthard Committee, April

    der Splügenvariante zu. tunnels durch den Gotthard - ein konkreter Forderungskatalog zuhanden des…

  9. 1982
    An issue of the magazine «Lo Splugo, Periodico del Comitato per il Traforo Ferroviario dello Spluga»

    motivi finanziari è comunque possibile realizzare solo una delle varianti: Tunnel del Brennero, Tunnel-Base…

  10. 1990
    Background material for the briefing event in Reichenbach, 16 March

    parallel zur N4 in einem im Tagbau zu ersteilenden Tunnel, uni dann durch einen neuen Axentunnel nach Altdorf…

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1882
  • Phase 1
    1882 - 1960

    Growth in traffic

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  • Phase 2
    1961 - 1983

    Idea and planning

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  • Phase 3
    1983 - 1992

    Planning and referendum

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  • Phase 4
    1992 - 2020

    Planning and realisation

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  • Society
    1805

    The first paved road through the mountains

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  • Society
    1830

    Journey times become shorter and shorter

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  • Construction
    1847

    An iron road made of steel

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  • Politics
    1853

    The long-standing committee

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  • Society
    1868

    Ticino sets the pace

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  • Construction
    1882

    Keeping danger in check

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  • Construction
    22. May 1882

    Inauguration of the Gotthard Tunnel

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  • Society
    1897

    The Gotthard railway in literature

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  • Construction
    19. May 1906

    The second tunnel

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  • Politics
    1. May 1909

    Nationalisation of the Gotthard Railway Company

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  • Construction
    15. July 1913

    Link through the Lötschberg

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  • Society
    1914

    The battle with nature

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  • Construction
    1916

    The first base tunnel

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  • Construction
    1924

    Water replaces coal

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  • Planning
    1947

    The Europe-Africa Express

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  • Society
    1957

    Rail tourism

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  • Politics
    1960

    Visionaries

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  • Planning
    31. January 1962

    The Gotthard Base Tunnel

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  • Planning
    1963

    Road vs rail

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  • Politics
    25. June 1965

    Car vs rail

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  • Society
    1967

    Combined goods transport

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  • Planning
    20. June 1970

    The tunnel plan

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  • Planning
    1971

    The abortive project begins

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  • Planning
    1971

    Traffic forecasts

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  • Politics
    6. June 1971

    Environmental policy turnaround

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  • Society
    25. February 1977

    The overall transport strategy

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  • Planning
    20. December 1979

    Gotthard or Splügen?

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  • Politics
    1981

    Coordination of rail transport

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  • Society
    1985

    The Gotthard myth

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  • Planning
    1985

    A dissertation revives a railway

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  • Construction
    1987

    Rail 2000

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  • Politics
    1988

    Making it happen

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  • Planning
    12. July 1988

    Five options

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  • Planning
    1988

    «Rail with road»

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  • Planning
    1989

    Order, build, operate

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  • Politics
    2. March 1989

    Cross-border solutions

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  • Politics
    29. November 1989

    No link for Eastern Switzerland

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  • Society
    1990

    The Federal Council reaches out to the people

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  • Planning
    1990

    Window of opportunity

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  • Planning
    1991

    The problem with slots

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  • Politics
    4. October 1991

    Parliament backs the NRLA

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  • Politics
    2. May 1992

    Agreement with Europe

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  • Society
    1992

    Approval from western Switzerland

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  • Politics
    27. September 1992

    Yes to the NRLA

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  • Politics
    6. December 1992

    No to the EEA

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  • Construction
    1993

    Tunnel vision

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  • Society
    2. February 1993

    The NRLA and Europe

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  • Society
    21. April 1993

    Pressure from the environmental movement

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  • Construction
    4. October 1993

    Work begins

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  • Society
    13. December 1993

    Spatial planning

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  • Politics
    20. February 1994

    Yes to the Alps Initiative

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  • Politics
    20. February 1995

    Green light for the network option

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  • Politics
    29. May 1995

    Transport policy as financial policy

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  • Society
    13. September 1995

    Links to other countries

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  • Politics
    1996

    Rotterdam–Genoa

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  • Politics
    18. April 1996

    Uri’s concerns

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  • Politics
    29. November 1998

    Yes to public transport funding

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  • Politics
    18. December 1998

    Supervision

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  • Planning
    1. January 1999

    The SBB becomes a limited company

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  • Politics
    14. June 1999

    Adjustments go unnoticed

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  • Construction
    5. July 1999

    Construction begins

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  • Society
    8. October 1999

    The big shift

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  • Politics
    21. May 2000

    The end of the 28-tonne limit

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  • Construction
    27. November 2000

    Geology and surveying

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  • Society
    25. October 2001

    A fire brings big changes

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  • Politics
    17. December 2003

    Yes to the Ceneri Base Tunnel

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  • Construction
    16. April 2004

    The costs

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  • Construction
    2005

    Control in the tunnel

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  • Construction
    2. June 2006

    Construction of the Ceneri tunnel

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  • Construction
    6. September 2006

    Breakthrough in the Gotthard

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  • Society
    2007

    Historians and the NRLA

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  • Construction
    9. December 2007

    The Lötschberg enters operation

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  • Construction
    15. October 2008

    Traversing the Piora Basin

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  • Politics
    20. March 2009

    The 5.4-billion stage

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  • Planning
    2010

    From drawing to 3D model

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  • Society
    2011

    Using the tunnels to get away

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  • Planning
    16. May 2012

    No to the Porta Alpina

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  • Society
    23. August 2013

    A million visitors

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  • Construction
    1. June 2014

    The four-metre corridor

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  • Construction
    31. October 2014

    Rock meets concrete

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  • Construction
    1. October 2015

    Tests on the Gotthard

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  • Society
    2016

    Tunnels of the world

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  • Society
    1. June 2016

    High-profile guests at the opening ceremony

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  • Society
    11. December 2016

    Costs and benefits

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  • Construction
    1. January 2017

    Mind the doors

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  • Society
    2017

    The train feels the strain

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  • Society
    2017

    43,152 trains

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  • Politics
    12. August 2017

    A vulnerable transport system

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  • Planning
    2018

    A language in themselves

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  • Politics
    2019

    Escher forever?

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  • Construction
    2020

    Ceneri, the third base tunnel

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  • Society
    2021

    Whither the mountain routes?

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2021
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