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Gotthard Base Tunnel
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a railway tunnel beneath the Alps in Switzerland. With a route length of 57 km (35.4 mi) and a total of 151.84 km (94.3 mi) of tunnels, shafts and passages, it is the world's longest rail tunnel, surpassing the undersea Seikan Tunnel in Japan.
The project consists of two single track tunnels. It is part of the AlpTransit project, also known as the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA), which also includes the Lötschberg Base Tunnel between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It bypasses the 19th century Gotthardbahn, a winding mountain route across the Saint-Gotthard Massif, and establishes a direct route usable by high-speed rail and heavy freight trains. After 64 percent of Swiss voters accepted the AlpTransit project in a 1992 referendum, construction of the tunnel began in 1996. Boring operations in the eastern tunnel were completed on 15 October 2010 in a cut-through ceremony broadcast live on Swiss TV. When it opens for traffic in late 2017, the tunnel will cut the 3.5-hour travel time from Zürich to Milan by an hour and from Zürich to Lugano to 1 hour 40 minutes.
The two portals are near the villages of Erstfeld, Uri and Bodio, Ticino. Nearby are two other St. Gotthard Tunnels: the 1881 Gotthard Rail Tunnel and the 1980 Gotthard Road Tunnel.

Background
The route over Gotthard Pass (or one of its tunnels) is one of the most important passages through the Alps on the north-south axis in Europe. Traffic has increased more than tenfold since 1980 and the existing road and rail tunnels are at their limits. To provide a faster and flatter passage through the Swiss Alps, the tunnel cuts through the Gotthard massif 600 m (1,969 ft) below the existing railway tunnel. On the current track, the Gotthardbahn, only trains up to 1,400 t (1,543 ST; 1,378 LT) when using two locomotives or up to 1,700 t (1,874 ST; 1,673 LT) with an additional bank engine at the end of the train are able to pass through the narrow mountain valleys and through spiral tunnels climbing up to the portals of the old tunnel at a height of 1,100 m (3,609 ft) above sea level.
When completed, standard freight trains of up to 4,000 t (4,409 ST; 3,937 LT) will be able to pass this natural barrier. Because of ever increasing international truck traffic, the Swiss voted in February 1994 for a shift in transportation policy (Traffic Transfer Act, enacted in October 1999). The goal of both the laws (and the goal of the GBT, which is one of the means by which the law will achieve its objective) is to transport trucks, trailers and freight containers from southern Germany to northern Italy and back by train to relieve the already overused roads (intermodal freight transport and so-called rolling highway where the entire truck is transported) and to meet the political requirement of shifting as much tonnage as possible from truck transport to train transport, as required by the 'Alpine Protection Act' of 1994. Passenger trains will be able to travel as fast as 250 km/h (155.3 mph) through the new tunnels, reducing travel times for trans-alpine train trips by 50 minutes -- and by one hour once the adjacent Zimmerberg and Ceneri Base Tunnels are completed.

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[Fleischmann87]

very nice video!

[GotthardFreight]

@Fleischmann87 thank you (:

[joelalcantar69]

fantastic!!! :)

[GotthardFreight]

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[6194AS]

Great video! 5*

[SilvermanStan]

Super video! Thanks.

[Jefftrigwell2]

very nice....

[railwaylive]

Excellent shot.

[jurba51poz]

Sehr schönes Video. Zu Beginn der modernen Eisenbahn. Später Eisenbahnen schöne Modelle. Am Ende des Schiffes, der wahrscheinlich erinnert sich an die späten neunzehnten Jahrhundert Dampflokomotiven und schön wie Rosinen Krokodil. All dies in einer herrlichen Kulisse der Schweizer.

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[NapierNimbus]

lovely video, great shots of the trains and scenery - amazing model railway