page_title: Gotthard Base Tunnel
section_title: Traffic
hierarchical_section_title: Gotthard Base Tunnel / Traffic
caption_attribution_description: English: South portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel and the adjacent Gotthard summit railway from above Personico. Composite image made of two photos taken 14 minutes apart. First photo (14:36): ICN exiting the tunnel and heading towards Bellinzona. Second photo (14:50): TILO moving on the summit railway from Lavorgo and heading towards Biasca. Français&#160;: Portail sud du tunnel de base du Saint Gothard et la ligne de montagne du Saint Gothard adjacente vus depuis les hauteurs de Personico. Image composite obtenue à partir de deux photos prises à un intervalle de 14 minutes. Première photo (14:36): ICN sortant du tunnel et se dirigeant vers Bellinzone. Deuxième photo (14:50): TILO sur la ligne de montagne en provenence de Lavorgo et se dirigeant vers Biasca. Italiano: Portale sud della galleria di base del San Gottardo e la linea di montagna del Gottardo adiacente visti da sopra Personico. Immagine composita fatta da due foto prese a 14 minuti di distanza. Prima foto (14:36): ICN uscendo dalla galleria e dirigendosi verso Bellinzona. Seconda foto (14:50): TILO sulla linea di montagna da Lavorgo verso Biasca.
context_page_description: The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened on 1 June 2016, and full service began on 11 December 2016. With a route length of 57.09 km, it is the world's longest railway and deepest traffic tunnel and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps. It lies at the heart of the Gotthard axis and constitutes the third tunnel connecting the cantons of Uri and Ticino, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel.
  The link consists of two single-track tunnels connecting Erstfeld with Bodio and passing below Sedrun. It is part of the New Railway Link through the Alps project, which also includes the Ceneri Base Tunnel further south and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel on the other main north–south axis. It is referred to as a "base tunnel" since it bypasses most of the existing Gotthard railway line, a winding mountain route opened in 1882 across the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which was operating at its capacity before the opening of the GBT. The new base tunnel establishes a direct route usable by high-speed rail and heavy freight trains.
context_section_description: Since the opening date on June 1, 2016, between 130 and 160 trains on an average working day operated through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which in March 2019 marked the 100,000th transit. Around two-thirds of the passages were freight trains and the remaining quota were passenger trains, both national and international.
caption: South portal: Intercity on the base line and regional train on the summit line
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