Switzerland says it will transform European freight transport.

However, it was finally approved in a Swiss referendum in 1998.

The rock was then used to make concrete to support the tunnel.

Gotthard base tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland

However, it is the supertunnels extra freight capacity that will make the difference.

Interior of the Gotthard Base Tunnel

World’s longest tunnels graphic

BBC map

gotthard tunnel facts infographic

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