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 ...

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 ...

“Compared with other tunnels in Europe, and all over the world, the safety level in the Gotthard Tunnel is quite high,” says Hubert Roegg, director of the Swiss Institute for Safety and Security.

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 ...