Gotthard Base Tunnel
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| Turnoot at Faido multifunction station | |
| Overview | |
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| Line | AlpTransit |
| Location | Swisserland (Uri, Graubünden an Ticino) |
| Coordinates | 46°36′00″N 8°45′54″E / 46.600°N 8.765°ECoordinates: 46°36′00″N 8°45′54″E / 46.600°N 8.765°E |
| Status | Opened[1] |
| Stairt | Erstfeld (Uri) |
| End | Bodio (Ticino) |
| Operation | |
| Wirk begun | 1996 |
| Opened | 1 Juin 2016[2] |
| Technical | |
| Lenth | 151.840 km (94.349 mi)[3] |
| Line lenth | 57.09 km (35.47 mi)[3] |
| Track lenth | 57.104 km (35.483 mi) (east tunnel) 57.017 km (35.429 mi) (west tunnel)[3] |
| No. o tracks | 2 single track tubes[3] |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (staundart gauge) |
| Electrified | 15 kV 16.7 Hz |
| Operatin speed | up to 250 km/h (160 mph) |
| Heichest elevation | 549 m (1,801 ft)[3] |
| Lawest elevation | 312 m (1,024 ft) (at Bodio)[3] |
| Tunnel clearance | 89 m (292 ft) frae Erstfeld, 237 m (778 ft) frae Bodio[3] |
| Grade | 4.055/1000 (north) / 6.67/1000 (sooth)[3] |
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a railway tunnel throu the Alps in Swisserland, which opened on 1 Juin 2016 wi full service tae begin in December 2016.[4] Wi a route lenth o 57.09 km (35.5 mi) an a tot o 151.84 km (94.3 mi) o tunnels, shafts an passages,[3] it is the warld's langest an deepest traffic tunnel[5][6] an the first flat law-level route throu the Alps.[7]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Commissioning". Lucerne, Switzerland: AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ↑ "155 days until opening". Lucerne, Switzerland: AlpTransit Gotthard AG. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Project data – raw construction Gotthard Base Tunnel" (PDF). Lucerne, Switzerland: AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ↑ "World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switzerland". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
- ↑ "Gotthard- und CeneriBasistunnel: die neue Gotthard-Bahn nimmt Gestalt an" (PDF). Geomatik Schweiz. Retrieved 8 Juin 2015.
- ↑ "Wer hat die grösste Röhre?" [Who has the longest tube?]. Tages-Anzeiger (graphical animation) (in German). Zurich, Switzerland. 14 Aprile 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ↑ Yücel Erdem, Tülin Solak, Underground Space Use. Analysis of the Past and Lessons for the Future, CRC Press, 2005 (p. 485)
