Gotthard Base Tunnel, Europe’s biggest construction site

28 February 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Cooper.ch

© Cooper.ch

The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a railway tunnel beneath the Alps in Switzerland. With a route length of 57 km (35.4 mi) and a total of 151.84 km (94.3 mi) of tunnels, shafts and passages, it is the world’s longest rail tunnel, surpassing the undersea Seikan Tunnel in Japan.   read more…

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