Gotthard Base Tunnel project

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel_project
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infrastructure
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:European_Railway_Award_2018
gptkbp:builtBy tunnel boring machine
drill and blast
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Bodio
gptkb:Erstfeld
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1996
gptkbp:cost CHF 12.2 billion
gptkbp:environmentalImpact reduces transalpine freight traffic by road
gptkbp:fundedBy Swiss government
Swiss taxpayers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gotthard Base Tunnel project
gptkbp:includes ventilation shafts
cross passages
emergency stations
gptkbp:length 57.1 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:mainContractor gptkb:AlpTransit_Gotthard_AG
gptkbp:maximumDepth 2,300 m
gptkbp:numberOfTracks 2
gptkbp:numberOfTubes 2
gptkbp:opened 2016
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Swiss_Federal_Railways
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:New_Railway_Link_through_the_Alps
gptkbp:passesThrough gptkb:Alps
gptkbp:purpose railway tunnel construction
gptkbp:recordedAt deepest traffic tunnel in the world
longest railway tunnel in the world (as of 2016)
gptkbp:reducesTravelTimeBetween gptkb:Milan
gptkb:Zurich
gptkbp:type gptkb:tunnel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:T41_Tunnel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7