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Hundred trains transporting some 41,000 t of goods travel through the base tunnel, saving the equivalent of 3,600 LGV trips.
SBB Cargo began its first scheduled freight services through the 57 km long Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland on 11 December 2016. A regular-interval timetable for wagonload freight was also launched at the same time. So far operations have been largely disruption-free, according to the Swiss railfreight company.
Every day, a hundred trains transporting some 41,000 t of goods travel through the base tunnel, saving the equivalent of 3,600 LGV trips. Read more
Source: ITJ
