The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is to be officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work.
The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe. Switzerland says it will revolutionise European freight transport.
Goods currently carried on the route by a million lorries a year will go by train instead. The tunnel will overtake Japan's 53.9 km Seikan rail tunnel as the longest in the world and push the 50.5 km Channel Tunnel linking the UK and France into third place.
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Switzerland travel guide
Look past the silk-smooth chocolate, cuckoo clocks and yodelling – contemporary Switzerland, land of four languages, is all about epic journeys and sublime experiences.
Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Geneva, Lake Geneva & Vaud, Fribourg, Neuchâtel & Jura, Mittelland, Bernese Oberland, Valais, Ticino, Central Switzerland, Basel & Aargau, Zürich, Northeastern Switzerland, Graubünden, Liechtenstein, and the Understand and Survival guide chapters.
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The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe. Switzerland says it will revolutionise European freight transport.
Goods currently carried on the route by a million lorries a year will go by train instead. The tunnel will overtake Japan's 53.9 km Seikan rail tunnel as the longest in the world and push the 50.5 km Channel Tunnel linking the UK and France into third place.
Switzerland travel guide
Look past the silk-smooth chocolate, cuckoo clocks and yodelling – contemporary Switzerland, land of four languages, is all about epic journeys and sublime experiences.
Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Geneva, Lake Geneva & Vaud, Fribourg, Neuchâtel & Jura, Mittelland, Bernese Oberland, Valais, Ticino, Central Switzerland, Basel & Aargau, Zürich, Northeastern Switzerland, Graubünden, Liechtenstein, and the Understand and Survival guide chapters.
You can pick and choose from complete guides and individual chapters, and download them to any device you like.
Click here to visit the Lonely Planet shop for more ebooks and print versions.
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