Newly completed Swiss tunnel to transform European rail travel [DW News]
Date: 04/09/2020
The Ceneri Base Tunnel is the final piece in a mammoth Swiss project to carve a new rail route through the Alps. In the future, the route should be able to connect the North Sea with the Mediterranean. The tunnel stretches 15.4 kilometers (9.6 miles) underneath the Alps near Switzerland^s border with Italy. It^s the final stage of the country^s multi-year New Railway Link through the Alps project.
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The Ceneri Base Tunnel is the final piece in a mammoth Swiss project to carve a new rail route through the Alps. In the future, the route should be able to connect the North Sea with the Mediterranean.
Railway Gazette
SWITZERLAND: The 154 km Ceneri Base Tunnel between Bellinzona and Lugano was formally inaugurated on September 4, with President of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Sommaruga cutting a ribbon before the inaugural freight train ran south. This was followed by special passenger trains carrying guests in each direction. ...
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