Article: Transtec consortium wins Gotthard tunnel contract.(News)

Article: Lyon--turin rail link approved. (World report).
International Railway Journal;  March 1, 2001 ;     262 words ......10 billion) and will include a 52km base tunnel under the Alps. Financial contributions...Massif and a FFr 22 billion single-track base tunnel from St Jean de Marienne to Bussoleno...is proposed in 2025-30 to double the base tunnel. A freight line is also proposed to...

Article: Work starts on Alpine tunnel. (World Report).
International Railway Journal;  May 1, 2002 ;     250 words ...CONSTRUCTION has started on the 52.7km base tunnel beneath the Alps which will enable high-spe...single-track rail line in the new Alpine base tunnel is the key component in the plan to...link from Montmelian to Turin, via the base tunnel, will carry a mix of passenger and freight...

Article: Lotschberg breakthrough.(World Report)
International Railway Journal;  June 1, 2005 ;     96 words ...THE final breakthrough of the Lotschberg base tunnel through the Swiss Alps was made on April 28. It is now the...Alps at 34.6km, but will be overtaken by the new Gotthard base tunnel in the future, which will be 57km long. The two tunnels...

Article: Andrew Wins Radio Coverage Contract from Alcatel-Lucent For World's Longest Railway Tunnel.
Business Wire;  January 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ......longest railway tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. Andrew will provision...passengers zip through the tunnel. Gotthard Base Tunnel commuters will travel at speeds of up...hand-offs. In addition to the Gotthard Base Tunnel's main carriageway tunnel tubes, the...

Article: The Austrian government has asked Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) to drop its current plans for a Semmering base tunnel and to start planning a new project from Gloggnitz to Langenwang.(Austria)
International Railway Journal;  April 1, 2005 ;     59 words ......Railways (OBB) to drop its current plans for a Semmering base tunnel and to start planning a new project from Gloggnitz to Langenwang...Lower Inn Valley line to improve access to the new Brenner base tunnel. The 5.3km line includes a 4km tunnel.

Article: Tunnel vision: over three-quarters of Switzerland's Gotthard base tunnel has been excavated, and construction work is on schedule, as regional editor Anitra Green explains.(Alpine railways)
International Railway Journal;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......OMITTED] THE opening of the 57km Gotthard base tunnel is scheduled for the end of 2017, when...longest in the world. Like the Lotschberg base tunnel completed last year, it will be equipped...related project to build the 15.4km Ceneri base tunnel to the south is well on the way as ...

Article: Permission to test electric trains in the Lotschberg base tunnel has been granted.(Switzerland)
International Railway Journal;  July 1, 2006 ;     34 words ...Permission to test electric trains in the Lotschberg base tunnel has been granted. Trains will run at up to 120km/h in the first 9km of tunnel. Initial tests will focus on European Train Control System (ETCS) equipment.

Article: Work has begun on the construction of the 15.4km Ceneri base tunnel between Belinzona and Lugano.(Switzerland)
International Railway Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     39 words ...Work has begun on the construction of the 15.4km Ceneri base tunnel between Belinzona and Lugano. Preparation work commenced with the construction of access roads to the site. The founding stone will be officially laid at the northern portal on June 2.

Article: BLS Lotschbergbahn. (World in Brief: Switzerland).
International Railway Journal;  December 1, 2002 ;     30 words ...The government has awarded BLS Lotschbergbahn a concession to operate services through the Lotschberg base tunnel until 2010. The tunnel is currently under construction and is due to open in 2007.

Article: BLS Invests In The Future.(Brief Article)
International Railway Journal;  December 1, 1999 ;     648 words ......scheduled opening of the new Lotschberg base tunnel by early 2007 will provide a huge boost...include the 35km twin-bore Lotschberg base tunnel between Frutigen and Steg. This is part...undertake this ambitious project. The base tunnel will be able to accommodate piggyback...

Article: Cisalpino to expand services.(World Report)
International Railway Journal;  April 1, 2004 ;     137 words ......will enter service in 2007 to coincide with the opening of the Lotschberg base tunnel, which will permit a substantial reduction in journey times. The Gotthard base tunnel will open in the middle of the next decade. * Trenitalia has also awarded...

Article: Switzerland.(World In Brief)
International Railway Journal;  September 1, 2004 ;     51 words ...The 57km Gotthard base tunnel is not likely to open before the end of 2015. The final hope of completion in 2014 seems to have vanished as a result of geological...

Article: Lotschberg base tunnel on target to open in 2007. (Switzerland).
International Railway Journal;  December 1, 2001 ;     667 words ...Work is proceeding at more than 10m a day on the Lotschberg base tunnel, which puts it on target for opening in 2007. It is part of...and an access shaft have been built for the 55km Gotthard base tunnel, which will become the world's longest rail tunnel. Work on...

Article: Gotthard base tunnel opening could be delayed.(News)
International Railway Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     86 words ......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...