Rail journeys across the Swiss Alps will take longer for the next few months after a major derailment has left the record-breaking 35-mile (57-kilometer) Gotthard Base Tunnel partially out of action.

Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 is the opening of one of the world’s engineering marvels: the Gotthard Base Tunnel under the Swiss Alps, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel. The 35.3-mile-long (57 km ...

A tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland that has taken 17 years to build officially opens today. The Gotthard Base Tunnel stretches for 57 km (35 mi), making it the longest rail tunnel in the world.

Heralded as the construction project of the century, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland is among the world's most ambitious tunnel projects, spanning more than 35 miles and taking 17 years to ...

AlpTransit Gotthard has completed the track laying work on the 57km-long Gotthard Base Tunnel, which is said to be the world’s longest railway tunnel. The tunnel is being built to give way for diesel ...

Switzerland’s Alpine region, aka the Swiss Alps, is no doubt one of the world’s most beautiful places, best known for its picturesque snowy peaks and being a haven for adrenaline junkies. Despite its ...

For many, train journeys are some of the most efficient and relaxing ways to get to their desired destination, helped no end by the tunnels that allow them to cut straight through hills and mountains.

A tunnel as tall as a double-decker bus that hollows deep below the Earth’s surface opened up Wednesday. The state-of-the-art Gotthard Base Tunnel will claim a few titles when it commences service for ...

The world gets a little smaller on Wednesday with the unveiling of the longest and deepest railway tunnel ever constructed — a feat of engineering under the Alps that will slash journey times across ...

Yodeling and a triumphant Alpine horn heralded the inauguration Wednesday of the longest, deepest railway tunnel ever constructed — a feat of engineering that will slash journey times across Europe.

There is a certain majesty in projects of grand engineering. A majesty and an ambition to reshape the very make up of the world. You can't stand before the Hoover Dam, or transit the Panama Canal, or ...