The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT; German: Gotthard-Basistunnel, Italian: Galleria di base del San Gottardo, Romansh: Tunnel da basa dal Sogn Gottard) is a...
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The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, Italian: Galleria del San Gottardo) is a 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi) railway tunnel that forms the summit...
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The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9...
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the Gotthard Rail Tunnel (1882), the Gotthard Road Tunnel (1980) and the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016). With the Lötschberg to the west, the Gotthard is...
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Gotthard axis as part of the NRLA project. This route involved the construction of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel and Ceneri Base Tunnel. The Gotthard Base...
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NRLA (redirect from AlpTransit Gotthard rail link)
including three new base tunnels several hundred metres below the existing apex tunnels, the 57-kilometre (35 mi) Gotthard Base Tunnel, the 35-kilometre...
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longest railway tunnel in the world, depending on the definition employed. It will be surpassed in length only by the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland...
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the tunnel with traditional blasting methods and only drill a small part using a faster tunnel boring machine (TBM). Both the CBT and Gotthard Base Tunnels...
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project, it was decided to redirect funds from the Lötschberg tunnel to the Gotthard Base Tunnel. This funding decision leaves the LBT in a partially-completed...
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new lines and three new base tunnels, including the world's longest railway and deepest traffic tunnel: the Gotthard Base Tunnel whose length is 57 km (35 mi)...
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Lugano, crossing the Swiss Alps from North to South through the Gotthard crest tunnel. Until 2017, the train was known as the William Tell Express (German:...
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steep mountain railways across Gotthard, Ceneri and Lötschberg through the construction of a number of base-level tunnels that enabled trains to more rapidly...
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Gotthard Road Tunnel, 17km motorway tunnel (1980) Gotthard Base Tunnel, 57km railway lowest-level tunnel (2016) Gotthard (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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line 2 "Project data – raw construction Gotthard Base Tunnel" (PDF). Lucerne, Switzerland: AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd. 1 June 2016. Archived (PDF) from the...
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main-line railway tunnel, following Switzerland’s Gotthard Base Tunnel, which began operations in 2016. The tunnel was constructed using conventional construction...
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the Simplon Tunnel was also the lowest direct Alpine crossing for 110 years, until the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016. The tunnel has a maximum...
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kilometres (35.7 mi), that tunnel will be the longest rail tunnel in the world, ahead of the 57.1 km (35.5 mi) Gotthard Base Tunnel. It represents one third...
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materials science. Existing major tunnels, such as the Channel Tunnel, Seikan Tunnel and the Gotthard Base Tunnel, despite using less expensive technology...
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Pass: Gotthard Rail Tunnel (1882) Gotthard Road Tunnel (1980) Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016, part of the NRLA) Gotthard railway line, a trans-alpine railway...
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the current longest railway tunnel in the world, the 57 km (40 mi) Gotthard Base Tunnel. It has been estimated that the tunnel, if constructed, will cost...
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Europe, except for purpose built lines such as the Channel Tunnel or the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the loading gauge height is much smaller, and it is necessary...
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making it the world's second deepest operational tunnel after the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The Mont Blanc Tunnel was originally managed by the two building companies...
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Gotthard Base Tunnel, in Switzerland, had a diameter of about 9 metres (30 ft). A larger TBM was built to bore the Green Heart Tunnel (Dutch: Tunnel Groene...
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tunnel (1882, 15 km) Gotthard Road Tunnel, motorway tunnel (1980, 17 km) Gotthard Base Tunnel, railway lowest-level tunnel (2016, 57 km) Vier-Quellen-Weg...
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north–south railway link across the Alps, the Gotthard Railway, opened in 1882. In 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel was inaugurated, which finally provided a...
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as for example a double barrel tunnel longer than 20 km it is feasible. The Gotthard Base Tunnel was a 57 km long tunnel. Excavated rock utilized as concrete...
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the Alps via the Gotthard Line through the Gotthard Base Tunnel (Milano-Chiasso-Lugano-Luzern/Zurich-Basel line) and the Simplon Tunnel (Domodossola to...
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A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm",[not verified in body] is a machine used to excavate tunnels. TBMs are an alternative...
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location): Gotthard Base Tunnel (57.1 km, 35.5 mi, 2016), Switzerland Lötschberg Base Tunnel (34.6 km, 21.5 mi, 2007), Switzerland Pajares Base Tunnel (24.7 km...
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Federal Railways' Gotthard line. The station is nicknamed Porta del Ticino ("Gate of Ticino") since the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016. The station...
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