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Switzerland has built the world's longest tunnel
In Switzerland, we built the longest in the world - 56, 97 km - railway tunnel. Construction lasted 10 years. Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2017 will allow high-speed trains travel between Germany and Italy, did not go back through the Alps.
The new tunnel, which in Switzerland is officially considered to be the major project of the new century, will enable trains to overcome the St. Gotthard Pass at high speed under a mountain range. Now this route passes through the mountains, the compositions climb the pass at 1150 meters high. In the photo: construction workers are working on the electrical installation in the tunnel under construction at the site Erstfeld-Amsteg October 5th. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
The new tunnel will make the Gotthard railway line from Zurich and Lucerne south to Ticino and Italy expressway. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
The Swiss have agreed to the project in a referendum in 1998. The new tunnel, which in Switzerland is officially considered to be the major project of the new century, will enable trains to overcome the St. Gotthard Pass at high speed under a mountain range.
Swiss Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger (center) together with builders during a ceremony on the stage of the counter-sinking, which took place in October 15th. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Former Minister of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications Minister Adolf Ogi embraces the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications Moritz Leuenberger, and next to them is the CEO of «Gotthard Alptransit» Renzo Simoni. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
Manage projects New Line NEAT alpine transport company AlpTransit Gotthard AG, participated in the construction including cement group Holcim, insulation materials supplier Sika, construction conglomerate Implenia. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Plans for laying 57-km-long "tunnel of the century" have been developed a quarter century ago, the construction work continued for ten years. Until now, these objectives have been spent more than seven billion euros, the whole project will cost 15 billion euros. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Giant drilling rig Sissi broke the last meter of rock separating the two tunnel Gotthard Tunnel in the Swiss Alps.
Miner with a smile, watching the connection of two Thunell. Some 2,500 miners from all over Europe and South Africa have worked around the clock to drill about 27 million tons of rock. (AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS)
Gotthard tunnel ousted from first place the Japanese Seikan tunnel of 53, 9 kilometers, which connects the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu. Eurotunnel under the English Channel, the length of which is 49, 9 km, is now in third place. (AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS)
The progress has been extracted 24 million tons of rock. Such a large number of stone would be enough to build five Pyramids of Cheops. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
In this collage of images seen gradual process works rig Sissi during a call to one of two tunnels on 15 October. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
Builders grist, while as the drill breaks through the rock. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
An elderly Swiss smorit broadcast at an electronics store. Construction of the tunnel - the long-awaited for Swiss event was widely covered in the local media: Swiss TV live broadcast, as the drill breaks through the last meters of rock and connects the two parts of the tunnel. (REUTERS / Michael Buholzer)
For 14 years the builders of penetration found in the mountains of deposit of semiprecious stones, pumped underground lakes. The total volume of waste rock was 13, 3 million cubic meters. It was started in business - water filled in rybofermy, cuttings steel building materials, and semi-precious stones were in urban collection. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Father and Pastor Vigel Nai during the service before the solemn bond. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
When the tunnel is put into operation, and its launch is scheduled for 2017, a trip from Zurich - Lugano should reach 100 minutes, from Zurich to Milan can be reached in 2 hours 40 minutes, compared to the current nearly four hours. Speed trains in a tunnel will reach 250 km / h, and it will go on to 300 expresses a day. In the photo: workers prepare for pouring cement on the northern exit of the tunnel October 5th. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
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The new tunnel, which in Switzerland is officially considered to be the major project of the new century, will enable trains to overcome the St. Gotthard Pass at high speed under a mountain range. Now this route passes through the mountains, the compositions climb the pass at 1150 meters high. In the photo: construction workers are working on the electrical installation in the tunnel under construction at the site Erstfeld-Amsteg October 5th. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
The new tunnel will make the Gotthard railway line from Zurich and Lucerne south to Ticino and Italy expressway. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
The Swiss have agreed to the project in a referendum in 1998. The new tunnel, which in Switzerland is officially considered to be the major project of the new century, will enable trains to overcome the St. Gotthard Pass at high speed under a mountain range.
Swiss Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger (center) together with builders during a ceremony on the stage of the counter-sinking, which took place in October 15th. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Former Minister of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications Minister Adolf Ogi embraces the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications Moritz Leuenberger, and next to them is the CEO of «Gotthard Alptransit» Renzo Simoni. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
Manage projects New Line NEAT alpine transport company AlpTransit Gotthard AG, participated in the construction including cement group Holcim, insulation materials supplier Sika, construction conglomerate Implenia. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Plans for laying 57-km-long "tunnel of the century" have been developed a quarter century ago, the construction work continued for ten years. Until now, these objectives have been spent more than seven billion euros, the whole project will cost 15 billion euros. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Giant drilling rig Sissi broke the last meter of rock separating the two tunnel Gotthard Tunnel in the Swiss Alps.
Miner with a smile, watching the connection of two Thunell. Some 2,500 miners from all over Europe and South Africa have worked around the clock to drill about 27 million tons of rock. (AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS)
Gotthard tunnel ousted from first place the Japanese Seikan tunnel of 53, 9 kilometers, which connects the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu. Eurotunnel under the English Channel, the length of which is 49, 9 km, is now in third place. (AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS)
The progress has been extracted 24 million tons of rock. Such a large number of stone would be enough to build five Pyramids of Cheops. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
In this collage of images seen gradual process works rig Sissi during a call to one of two tunnels on 15 October. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
Builders grist, while as the drill breaks through the rock. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
An elderly Swiss smorit broadcast at an electronics store. Construction of the tunnel - the long-awaited for Swiss event was widely covered in the local media: Swiss TV live broadcast, as the drill breaks through the last meters of rock and connects the two parts of the tunnel. (REUTERS / Michael Buholzer)
For 14 years the builders of penetration found in the mountains of deposit of semiprecious stones, pumped underground lakes. The total volume of waste rock was 13, 3 million cubic meters. It was started in business - water filled in rybofermy, cuttings steel building materials, and semi-precious stones were in urban collection. (REUTERS / Christian Hartmann)
Father and Pastor Vigel Nai during the service before the solemn bond. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
When the tunnel is put into operation, and its launch is scheduled for 2017, a trip from Zurich - Lugano should reach 100 minutes, from Zurich to Milan can be reached in 2 hours 40 minutes, compared to the current nearly four hours. Speed trains in a tunnel will reach 250 km / h, and it will go on to 300 expresses a day. In the photo: workers prepare for pouring cement on the northern exit of the tunnel October 5th. (REUTERS / Arnd Wiegmann)
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