The new Gotthard Base Tunnel - at 57 kilometres the longest railway tunnel in the world - will achieve breakthrough on October 15, 2010.
The world's longest train tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is being constructed beneath the Swiss Alps.
The daunting excavation work to build the world's longest railway tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps is complete.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is one of the world's most beautiful engineering marvels.
Switzerland has opened the largest and deepest railway tunnel across the Alps.
The 14.15 km tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity to Srinagar, Kargil and Leh.
Two hundred years after George Stephenson built the steam-powered Blucher, Open Knowledge pays tribute to 200 years of rail transport.
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