Now it's already two years since the world's longest railway tunnel was officially inaugurated, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) through the Alps from Erstfeld to Bodio. The very f... (more)

View into the control room of the Centro d'Esercizio Pollegio (CEP) (operation center Pollegio) of the SBB. From here, the Gotthard line from the borders to Italy, via the mountain and Base Tunnel... (more)

The special offer "Gottardino" from Biasca to Flüelen through the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel, with a 1 hour stop in the multi function station of Sedrun, about 800 meter below the sur... (more)

"Gottardino" push pull train with Re 460 # 008, 4 Apm first class cars and cab car Bt in front of the operation center sud in Pollegio. The train travelles through the 57 kilometer long ... (more)

On 1st june 2016, the world's longest railway tunnel, the 57 kilometer (about 35.8 miles) long Gotthard Base Tunnel between Rynächt (north of Erstfeld, Uri) and Pollegio (south of Bodio, Ticino) ... (more)

On 1st june 2016, the world's longest railway tunnel was officialy inaugurated, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) through the Alps from near Erstfeld in Uri to south of Bodio in Tic... (more)

On 1st june, the world's longest railway tunnel was officially inaugurated, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Alps from Erstfeld to Bodio. This is the first train for politici... (more)

On 1st june, the world's longest railway tunnel was officially inaugurated, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Alps from Erstfeld to Bodio. The very first train which run from ... (more)

Oratorio Madonna di Re (or Chapel of Linmezzo) from the 19th century in Pollegio is passed by Interregio 2417 to Locarno on the current Gotthard line. In this section, for about 2,5 kilometer, the... (more)

Dense traffic on the Gotthard line near Pollegio, which has 5 tracks in this section. In the foreground, on the siding track of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) line, we can see an ICN tilting t... (more)

On 1st of june, two weeks from now, the world's longest railway tunnel, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) through the Alps from Biasca to Erstfeld will be officially inaugurated. We... (more)

Testrun for the innauguration of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) on 1th of June 2016. In front of the operation center sud (Betriebszentrale Süd) of the SBB in Pollegio, a Intercity tilt train... (more)

For my 4000th contribution on Railpictures, I hand-picked this onetime picture, shot on march 18th 2016 at 02.18 PM: We have a look down from the mountain, about 500 meter above the valley floor, ... (more)

This is the south portal of the world's longest railway tunnel, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT), which will be inaugurated on first of june this year. The 125 meter long test trai... (more)

Highspeed tilting train ETR 610 of Trenitalia is running as Eurocity 17 from Zürich to Milan and passing a "modern signalbox" or interlocking tower, the operation center south (BZ Süd/Betriebsze... (more)