World’s longest rail tunnel closer to completion
All the tracks are now laid in the Gotthard Base Tunnel in the heart of the Swiss Alps. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) For the past three years, 125 shift workers have laboured around the clock to put in place 290 km (181 miles) of tracks. The 57 km (35.4 mile) tunnel is the key element of the new flat rail lin...
