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GENEVA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following months of trials, the Swiss Federal Office of Transport on Monday said Swiss Federal Railways can start both
passenger and freight operations in the Gotthard Base Tunnel as of next week.
Scheduled to come into service on Dec. 11, the world's longest railway tunnel will be used by some 50 passenger trains every day, with a further 260 freight
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Measuring 57 kilometers and located in Switzerland's historic heartland, the Gotthard Base Tunnel was officially unveiled in June this year after 17 years of
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With rock cover up to 2,300 meters in depth, the base tunnel is not only the deepest but also the longest and most expensive railway tunnel in the world,
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Upon completion of the entire Gotthard axis in 2020, the project will not only cut by 45 minutes the time it takes to travel from Zurich to Lugano but
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This is particularly important as Switzerland is located on one of Europe's main freight transport axes, with some 26 million tons of merchandise passing
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