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    The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a 34.57 km (21.48 mi) railway base tunnel on the BLS AG's Lötschberg line cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland...
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    axis through the Alps, the Lötschberg is thus completed by the Simplon, between Brig and Domodossola in Italy. The Lötschberg alone constitutes an important...
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    The Lötschberg Tunnel is a 14.612 km (9.079 mi) long railway tunnel on the Lötschberg Line, which connects Spiez and Brig at the northern end of the Simplon...
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    an important north-south axis in Europe. The Lötschberg axis is backed by the lower and longer Lötschberg Base Tunnel, part of the New Railway Links through...
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    routes via Frutigen–Lötschberg were proposed but eventually, the Pro-Lötschberg Initiative Committee won the day. The Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn was founded...
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    6-kilometre-long (21.5 mi) Lötschberg Base Tunnel opened, which is part of the 449 km of infrastructure owned and operated by BLS AG. The Lötschberg base tunnel was...
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  • Lötschberg is an Alpine mountain massif in Switzerland. Lötschberg may also refer to: Lötsche Pass, an Alpine mountain pass over the Lötschberg Lötschberg...
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    its operator: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). The Lötschberg axis, with the Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) in the Bernese Alps, was built by BLS Alp...
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    Sanetsch, Rawil, Gemmi, and the Lötschberg, connecting Valais with the Swiss Plateau, through the Bernese Oberland. The Lötschberg, together with the Simplon...
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  • issue 132 August 2021 page 16 Grossmann, W. (1959). "Zugförderung am Lötschberg und Beschreibung der Ae8/8 Lokomotive". Schweizerische Bauzeitung (in...
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    highway system of piggyback operations for transalpine freight on the Lötschberg–Simplon axis was implemented. Such operations were possible under the...
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    Lötschberg Base Tunnel and Visp. All of the standard gauge passenger trains stopping at Visp are operated by SBB CFF FFS, even though the Lötschberg Base...
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    Entrance of the new Lötschberg Base Tunnel, the third-longest railway tunnel in the world, under the old Lötschberg railway line. It was the first completed...
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    (Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon) operates 10% of the standard-gauge network. It manages the second major Alpine route Bern-Brig, via both Lötschberg Tunnels...
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    1906 by the Simplon Tunnel and 1913 by the Lötschberg Tunnel, and more recently, in 2007, by the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. The 57.1-km long Gotthard Base...
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    the 57-kilometre (35 mi) Gotthard Base Tunnel, the 35-kilometre (22 mi) Lötschberg Base Tunnel, and the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) Ceneri Base Tunnel. The NRLA...
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    Gotthard Road Tunnel (1980) and the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016). With the Lötschberg to the west, the Gotthard is one of the two main north-south routes through...
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    resorts and connected by mountain railways to Spiez and Interlaken. The Lötschberg, a major north-south axis through the Alps, links the region with both...
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    northern Switzerland. Four trains per day and per direction ran via the Lötschberg line to Bern and Basel. Zurich was connected via the Gotthardbahn with...
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    the December 2007 timetable change, together with the opening of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel; however, it was deferred and rescheduled for spring 2009...
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    The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the first station to the north of the Lötschberg tunnel. As of the December 2023...
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    Ferden. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, just outside the southern portal of the Lötschberg tunnel. It takes its name from the...
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    Kandersteg (BE) - Goppenstein (VS): Lötschberg (no road connection) (BLS) Kandersteg (BE) - Iselle di Trasquera (Italy): Lötschberg and Simplon (BLS) Oberwald...
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    now disused Lötschberg Base Tunnel 34.57 rail BLS AG Lötschberg line opened on 14 June 2007 Lötschberg Tunnel 14.612 rail BLS AG Lötschberg line Lopper...
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    population grew dramatically during construction of the Lötschberg Tunnel and the Lötschberg railway line between 1906 and 1913. The new railroad line...
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    used in the construction of tunnels, such as in the construction of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. The decision whether to construct a tunnel using a TBM or...
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    mainly known for its railway station on the Lötschberg railway line, at the southern entrance of the Lötschberg Tunnel leading to Kandersteg. Road vehicles...
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    Switzerland Gotthard Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, open on 1 June 2016, 57 km) Lötschberg Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 34.6 km) Simplon Tunnel (railway tunnel,...
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    Ceneri Base Tunnel further south (opened on 3 September 2020) and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel on the other main north–south axis. It is referred to as a...
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    the Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway (Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn, BLS). The four group companies merged in 1997 to form the BLS Lötschberg Railway, which...
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