However, there's one tunnel nestled in the Swiss Alps that takes a staggering 20 minutes to cross. The Gotthard Base Tunnel holds the global ... both trains and cars. READ MORE: Cancer warning ...

Passengers included German's Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and the Swiss leader While the tunnel was entirely funded by non-EU member ...

the majority can be travelled through in a matter of seconds. However, one tunnel in the Swiss Alps takes a staggering 20 minutes to complete. The Gotthard Base Tunnel currently holds the world ...

When the Welsh chronicler Adam of Usk traveled over ... We've got a longer tunnel. I want to speed through here like that." A swift smooth ride through the Alps in comforting darkness: Adam ...

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 ...

The Gotthard Base Tunnel, stretching an extraordinary 57 kilometres (35 miles) under the Swiss Alps, stands as the longest ... approximately 260 freight trains pass through the tunnel daily ...

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Swiss transport minister Albert Rösti hailed the development as “a milestone for Switzerland”s most important north-south link”. On FRiday, Rösti spoke at the launch ceremony for the ...

Read more: why is the Gotthard Base Tunnel so important? In the afternoon, the program in Göschenen included the inauguration ceremony for the machine, which bores its way through the Gotthard ...

One of my favorite areas, and perhaps the most famous ski destination in the Alps, is Switzerland ... by a series of cable cars. In clear weather, you exit a tunnel carved in the rock, then ...