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)