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The Longest, Deepest Rail Tunnel on Earth Just Opened in the Swiss Alps
Gizmodo   01 June 2016   Switzerland   Gotthard  
AP Photo/Christian Hartmann,Pool
<p>After 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel opens today. This feat of engineering is a 35-mile high-speed rail connection beneath the Swiss Alps and is now the longest transit tunnel in the world. You better believe that Hyperloop engineers ...
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Step inside the world's longest railway tunnel
The Telegraph   31 May 2016   Switzerland   Gotthard  
The Gotthard Base Tunnel stretches for 57 kilometres CREDIT: © 2014 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP./BLOOMBERG
<p>We approached the innocuous door in the side of a mountain with little idea what was on the other side of the roller shutter. We journalists on board were lucky: we were about to get a sneak preview of the world&rsquo;s longest railway tunnel before the ...
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In the Heart Of the Mountain
TIME   09 April 2015   Switzerland   Gotthard  
Gotthard Base Tunnel Matthieu Gafsou for TIME
<p>A record-breaking train tunnel could provide a badly needed shortcut through the Swiss Alps.</p><p>At 57 km, the Gotthard Base Tunnel will be the longest rail tunnel in the world once it opens for use in mid-2016.</p>
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