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Following 17 years of construction, the new Gotthard Base Tunnel…
Following 17 years of construction, the new Gotthard Base Tunnel was ceremonially opened on 1 June 2016. Measuring 57km-long it is not only the longest railway tunnel in the world but is also a unique masterpiece of engineering. Renzo Simoni, CEO of AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd., the company tasked with construction,…
Work on the Gotthard and Ceneri base tunnels is on…
1 August 2013 | By Renzo Simoni, CEO, AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd
Work on the Gotthard and Ceneri base tunnels is on course. In the Gotthard Base Tunnel between Erstfeld and Sedrun, the ballastless railway track has been laid in both tubes. In total, 45% of the railway infrastructure systems have been installed. A pilot operation between Faido and the south portal…
Since the second final breakthrough on 23 March 2011, fitting-out…
1 August 2012 | By Renzo Simoni, CEO, AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd
Since the second final breakthrough on 23 March 2011, fitting-out of the Gotthard Base Tunnel has made rapid progress, and since September 2011, installation of the railway systems has been taking place from the north. Elsewhere in the Ceneri Base Tunnel, work has begun on the main drives from the…
On 23 March 2011, between Faido and Sedrun in Switzerland,…
4 August 2011 | By Renzo Simoni, CEO, AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd
On 23 March 2011, between Faido and Sedrun in Switzerland, miners excavated the last metres of rock of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Both single-track tubes are therefore now continuously bored over their full length of 57 kilometres. In the Ceneri Base tunnel, the main drives from the Sigirino intermediate heading,…
World record on the Gotthard: The longest railway tunnel in…
15 October 2010 | By AlpTransit Gotthard AG
World record on the Gotthard: The longest railway tunnel in the world has become a reality...
Construction of the new Gotthard line with the Gotthard and…
4 August 2010 | By Renzo Simoni, CEO, AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd
Construction of the new Gotthard line with the Gotthard and Ceneri Base Tunnels is on course. In October 2010, a further milestone will be the final breakthrough of the Gotthard: the miners will excavate the last stretch of rock between the portals at Erstfeld and Bodio/Pollegio. On the Ceneri, in…
The year 2008 was highly successful for AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd.…
21 July 2009 | By Renzo Simoni, CEO, AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd
The year 2008 was highly successful for AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd. The work continues as scheduled and as things stand today, there is nothing to prevent the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel at the end of 2017 and the Ceneri Base Tunnel in 2019 as planned.
