screens at various venues: the Sedrun workshop, the Faido multifunction station, the north portal in Erstfeld, and the KKL in Lucerne. Swiss TV broadcast the event live throughout Switzerland and internationally [...] transport policy The 57 km Gotthard base tunnel traverses the Alps, connecting the north portal in Erstfeld (Canton Uri) with the south portal in Bodio (Canton Ticino). With a rock overburden of up to 2500 [...] through the Alps. The base tunnel through the Gotthard is the core of the new rail connection. It is planned to become operational by the end of 2017. This will markedly improve passenger and freight transport
August 30, 2013, the first trip was made through the entire Gotthard Base Tunnel from Bodio to Erstfeld. Together with the main contractors involved in constructing the tunnel as well as project planners [...] Government will take about another 1000 days. It took six hours for the first trip from Bodio to Erstfeld. Travel through the world's longest railway tunnel is still difficult because of the many construction [...] construction work will be completed. Installation of the railway systems is progressing according to plan. The countdown for AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd. has begun. At the end of August, 55 % of the railway
of 2009, and through the north portal at Erstfeld at the end of 2011. Commercial operation of the Gotthard Base Tunnel with scheduled train services is planned to start at the end of 2017. For further [...] lot on the Gotthard is worth approximately CHF 1.69 billion. The contract is for implementation planning and installation of the railway installations for the Gotthard Base Tunnel and involves equipping
After a year of intensive planning and project preparations, the first work on the railway infrastructure of the Gotthard Base Tunnel will start at Biasca on Monday, May 18, 2009. The railway infrastructure [...] one of the world's largest contracts for railway infrastructure. Following a year of intensive planning and project preparations, the first work on the railway infrastructure of the Gotthard Base Tunnel [...] " More than 85% of the Gotthard Base Tunnel has already been excavated. Breakthrough between Erstfeld and Amsteg will take place in mid-June 2009, while the final breakthrough is scheduled for spring
the north portal at Erstfeld in about 2012. The installation work will take about seven years. Commercial operation of the Gotthard Base Tunnel with scheduled train services is planned to start in 2017. [...] Report of the Parliamentary Supervisory Committee for the NRLA on the Award of Construction Lot 151 (Erstfeld) were taken into account and applied. After evaluation against all the criteria for the award [...] and telephone. Signing of the contract for this last major construction lot for the Gotthard is planned to take place in autumn 2007. The consortium that has received the award will then prepare the execution
updated USO on the status of the environmental measures on the NRLA construction sites at Amsteg, Erstfeld and Altdorf/Rynächt. USO expressed pleasure at the careful implementation of the individual measures [...] n sites, presented a selection of important conditions that were stipulated with the individual planning and construction authorisations. During the construction site tour that followed, the representatives
two tunnel portals at Erstfeld/Rynächt and Pollegio. On the following weekend of June 4 and 5, 2016, there will be a big public festival on four Festivities Sites around Erstfeld/Rynächt and Pollegio/Biasca [...] trips, many further attractions await the visitors. The SFR maintenance and intervention centres at Erstfeld and Biasca open their doors. In the "Future Mobility" pavilions there will be self-driving vehicles [...] Artistic Director Volker Hesse and his ensemble gave a foretaste of the artistic dramatisation that is planned for the opening festivities. A total of around 600 artists will perform. The dramatisation takes
proceed as planned, the main breakthrough on the Gotthard Base Tunnel will take place in the first half of 2011. Commercial operation of the Gotthard Base Tunnel with scheduled train services is planned to start [...] total of 153.5 km of tunnels, galleries and passages, 118.4 km, or 77 %, had been excavated. At Erstfeld, both tunnel boring machines are advancing very well at 14 - 17 m per day. At Amsteg, concreting [...] the end of 2008. At Sedrun, driving in the west tunnel towards the south is progressing according to plan. Driving in the east tunnel is taking place in a geologically difficult zone which, at more than 100
combined. Opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which runs from Erstfeld in the canton of Uri to Bodio in the canton of Ticino, is planned to take place in 2017. The Lötschberg Base Tunnel has been in operation
created. Before construction work can begin, the land must be rezoned. "If everything goes according to plan, the land will be purchased in 2016 and we can then start on a first construction phase", explained [...] the traffic roundabout as well as demolition of the approach bridge to the motorway junction at Erstfeld, as Adrian Wildbolz, Head of Section North, AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd, described. "AlpTransit Gotthard [...] between Pollegio and Loderio in the Blenio Valley, compressed air will be stored to generate energy. Planning permission for a pilot system has been granted. Projects to use warm water from the Gotthard Base
