Switzerland

Gotthard Base Tunnel
Installation of Rail Technology started from the North

Work has commenced on the installation of the rail technology for the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) for the north as well. On September 2, 2011 Renzo Simoni, CEO of the AlpTransit Gotthard AG (ATAG), Oliver Bratschi, Manager for Rail Technology (ATAG) and Rolf Brunner, chairman of the building commission of the Transtec Gotthard JV reported on the extent and the stage reached by activities (Tab.1+2) in the north installation yard for rail technology at Erstfeld. Following completion of the excavation of the 2 tunnel bores and with the supporting operations almost finished, work on installing the...

Issue 06/2010 Switzerland

GBT: Installation of the Rail Technology

The installation of the rail technology in the western bore has begun at the south portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel between Bodio and Faido. The roughly 16 km long part-section will be completely...

Issue 01/2015 Switzerland

Gotthard Base Tunnel: Track Installation completed

At the end of October 2014 the final sections of track were laid in the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT). This means that the worlds longest rail tunnel can now be negotiated over its entire 57 km length...

Issue 04/2011

Rail Technology for the Gotthard Base Tunnel

The first Swiss north-south high-speed route between Zurich and Milan including the Gotthard and Monte Ceneri tunnels is some 90 km long. Since 2009 work on installing the rail technology in the...

Issue 04/2010 Dachzeilentext Englisch

Rail Technology in the Gotthard Base Tunnel

Untertiteltext Englisch

The rail technology embraces all components and systems, which belong to the actual rail technical system: the track, electric installations for supplying power for the rail technology and the...

Issue 04/2011

Gotthard 2016: All Signals set at Green?

1 Introduction 2010 represented an outstanding year for the AlpTransit Gotthard AG as the NEAT Gotthard Axis client with the main breakthrough at the Gotthard Base Tunnel. It can also be described as...

tunnel 08/2011