NRLA
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The New Railway Link through the Alps, is a Swiss construction project for faster north–south rail links across the Swiss Alps. It consists of two axes with several improvements along these rails incl
The NRLA project is the centrepiece of the Central European rail network.
Three-way junction under construction in the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2006
Called "the project of the century", the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the first flat route through any major mountain range, from the northern plains (here in Erstfeld) to the southern plains. In the background here looms the majestic 3,073-metre-high (10,082 ft) Bristen mountain.
Ceneri Base Tunnel
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The Ceneri Base Tunnel is a Swiss railway base tunnel in the canton of Ticino. It passes under Monte Ceneri between Camorino in the Magadino Flat and Vezia near Lugano; it bypasses the former high-alt
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…existing apex tunnels, the 57-kilometre (35 mi) Gotthard Base Tunnel, the 35-kilometre (22 mi) Lötschberg Base Tunnel, and the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) Ceneri Base Tunnel. Swiss Federal Railways subsidiary AlpTransit Gotthard AG and BLS AG subsidiary BLS Alp Transit AG (now BLS Netz AG) were founded for this project and…
North portal in 2018
Gotthard and Ceneri Base Tunnel. The route through Luino follows the lake shores.
Final works in the west tube.
Interior of the tunnel after construction had finished