For thousands of years, the Alps have been the great barrier ... only months before the tunnel was complete. The inaugural train ran through in 1882, passengers sipping champagne as they covered ...

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 ...

More than two-thirds of rail freight traffic in the Alps rolled through the tunnel last year. Journey times will now take at least 60 minutes longer and passengers travelling internationally will ...

Last year, more than two-thirds of rail freight traffic through the Alps passed through the tunnel, according to the Swiss government. This content was published on Sep 4, 2020 The inauguration of ...

"Water is of the utmost importance to us and if they construct a train tunnel through the Southern Alps, they say two tons per second will be lost. More than 600,000 people depend on this water.

Europe just completed work on the longest and deepest train tunnel ... The tunnel's main purpose is to transport more people - and especially, freight - across the Alps, to reduce the number ...

The tunnel is a vital north-south link through the Alps One of Europe's main transport ... Last year, the Gotthard rail tunnel was opened to try to relieve some of the traffic using other routes.

The centerpiece will be the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel ... Alps, as well as a brief view of the Sihl and Sihl Valley. However, there are two bottlenecks that make it impossible to expand rail service.

The Glacier Express made its first journey through the Alps way back in the year ... into a mountain through the Landwasser ...

The world's longest tunnel officially opened on Wednesday, with the trailblazing rail passage under the Swiss Alps aiming to ease transit through the heart of Europe. With political unity on the ...