In April, the final breakthrough is expected in the second tube. At 57 kilometers long (35 miles), the Gotthard Base Tunnel will handily outstrip the 50-kilometer (31-mile) Channel Tunnel between ...

But the construction of the Gotthard Tunnel opened a new chapter in relations ... Swiss society,” writes publisher Ernst Halter in the book’s introduction. The book’s 30-odd authors share ...

For the Neue Luzerner Zeitung, “the new Gotthard Tunnel is not only an incredible feat of Swiss precision and engineering, it is also a masterpiece of direct democracy [two-thirds of Swiss ...

Switzerland just opened the longest and deepest train tunnel in the world; a $12 billion project that took 17 years to complete. Produced by Lamar Salter Follow BI Video On Twitter More from Tech ...

Officials warned it could be months before the Gotthard can be reopened, compounding transport problems Italy already faced due to the closure of another tunnel through the Alps - the Mont Blanc ...