Gotthard Base Tunnel

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a milestone on the way to the modal shift from road wear on the rail, “said Peter Fueglistaler, Director of the Office. Nonethless Switzerland Federal Office of Transport effort to convince skeptical European neighbors after Swiss voters supported a request for an ecologist heavy trucks Alpine ban – including increasing transit of goods from the EU – in a shock result of the referendum in 1994.In recent years, Austria, France and Italy have two similar projects in the railway tunnel in eastern and western Alps, the European Union. Important progress has been initiated in our direction, “said the Swiss Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger.
presented last month to pass Moritz Leuenberger a ticket to a post-2017 St. Gotthard in each of its 300 trains colleagues.Around EU should be able, by the two-velocity each day, up to 250 kph (155 mph) for passenger trains to planners . The youngest was just 23 years. He met his fate in the tunnel 21st January 2005 – a fate that was cynical and cruel.
But fate is not only the content of the life of Salvatore, Andrea, and he wanted to. Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners, could only watch helplessly what was the blackest day for AlpTransit.Eight minors are not attend the festival on Friday. But their colleagues, they will not forget – your photos will be the first to the threshold during the last breakthrough.As with the old Gotthard tunnel on rail and road tunnel crossing, the man was beaten again the mountain. But it required the greatest sacrifice.