Huge tunnel network creates new railway link through the Alps [CNN]





Date: 20/02/2020

(CNN) Thousands of feet under the Swiss Alps, a new high-speed, high-capacity railway is close to completion.
At its heart is the world's longest railway tunnel -- the 35-mile-long (or 57-kilometer) Gotthard Base Tunnel.


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Huge tunnel network creates new railway link through the Alps
Huge tunnel network creates new railway link through the Alps

CNN

Thousands of feet under the Swiss Alps, a new high-speed, high-capacity railway is close to completion. The Ceneri Base Tunnel and the Gotthard Base Tunnel -- the world's longest railway tunnel -- will shave hours off the time it take trains to cross the mountains of Europe.