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1882 - 2021
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1882
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Displaying results 81 to 90 of 353.
  1. 1994
    Ceneri route, base option, EIA phase 2

    94 5.9 Utilizzazione del territorio 95 5.9.1 Introduzione 95 5.9.2 Metodica e perimetro di studio 95 5.9.3…

  2. P170614_Network Statement_2019

    (Erhöhung der Adhäsion) 45 2.7.2.9 Aerodynamik 45 2.7.2.10 Bogenschnelles Fahren 46 2.7.2.11 Intervention…

  3. 1971
    «Rail Tunnels through the Alps» – final report of the Commission of the Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy

    1970 d - 4 0 000 40 000 -49 999 50 0 0 0 - 5 9 9 9 9 60 0 0 0 - 6 9 9 9 9 70 0 0 0 - 7 9 999 80 0 0 0 - 8 9…

  4. 1981
    Summary report by the CEMT working group on a European route through the Alps

    Variante West Variante Ost Streckenlänge 127,2 km 123,5 km Scheitelhöhe 680 m 680 m Maximale Neigung 9,2 %o 9,…

  5. 1986-1987
    Handakten H.R. Isliker, Stv. Direktor Bundesamt für Verkehr (BAV)/ NEAT, Aufarbeitung 1986/87, #13

    -H0-040.003 REV : A NR. D E S C R I P T I O N J F 1 1 9 j 8 J 0 s 0 0 j F" 1 9 J 1 co = > < 1 1 s 0 D J - 1 9…

  6. 1995
    Report to the Federal Council by the working group on public transport funding

    1995, ohne Zinsen): 9,8 Mia., Barwert 7,9 Mia. 15 Gotthardbasis, Ceneri und Zimmerberg zweispurig realisiert,…

  7. Kurzfassung-Dissertation_lowres.pdf

    Uebrige Total 11,3 9.3 5.4 2,7 0,9 0,6 3öl2 8,7 4.3 2,7 2,1 1.4 0,6 19,0 20,0 13,6 8,1 4,8 2,3 1,2 5 Û . Ô 40…

  8. 1979
    Comparison of the Gotthard base line and the Splügen line

    1975 1975 1977 7,66 10,40 9,92 7,04 8,53 8,57 % 2> 34,2 27,7 19,5 14,7 15,2 15,1 SNCF 4,10 5,90 8,08 7,49 9,11…

  9. 1997
    Overview of documentation on the structure of the Piora Basin

    ter/Telefon-Direktwahl/Datum/Regi-Nr. M B Regensdor f / D. Marti / 01 / 8 7 0 91 19 30. Oktober 1 9 9 7 / R 0…

  10. 1999
    Reference base for services – eastern Switzerland connection

    Werk „Anschluss Ostschweiz" 7 1 Projektgruppen und Leistungsanteile 7 Schema 8 2 Leistungsbeschrieb 9 3…

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The Alptransit portal presents a selection of archival materials on the NRLA.
Audiovisual and text sources tell the story of Switzerland's
biggest transport project in recent decades.

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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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