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Gotthard Tunnel Won’t Fully Open Until Late 2024
- Repair work will take far longer than expected, SBB says
- Estimated damage amounts to around 100-130 million francs
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Swiss rail operator SBB said that repairing the world’s longest rail tunnel will take much longer than anticipated and it won’t be fully open for passenger and freight trains for almost another year.
The Gotthard base tunnel, an important north-south link for Switzerland and Europe, was damaged when a freight train derailed on Aug. 10.