St. Gotthard Pass: Quick Facts

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St. Gotthard Pass, Switzerland

St. Gotthard Pass

A Swiss Federal Railways high-speed train emerges from the concrete portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, surrounded by grassy slopes and forested mountains.

Gotthard Base Tunnel

The historic Tremola Road winds in sharp curves across the green slopes of Gotthard Pass in the Swiss Alps, with snow-capped peaks in the background and no people or vehicles visible.

Constructing the world's largest railway tunnel in Switzerland

Fly over the Alps to behold the Wipp Valley at the Europabrücke and the Aletsch Glacier

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