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Article: Gotthard base tunnel opening could be delayed.(News)
- Article from:
- International Railway Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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A RULING by the Swiss government could mean that the opening of the new SFr 16.5 billion ($US 12.7 billion) Gotthard base tunnel could be delayed by a year.
Almost 60% of the tunnelling work on the 57km tunnel has been carried out--but the Swiss public procurements office ...