Rail journeys across the Swiss Alps will take longer for the next few months after a major derailment has left the record-breaking 35-mile (57-kilometer) Gotthard Base Tunnel partially out of action.

The tunnel, the world's longest and deepest, serves as a vital rail link between Northern and Southern Europe. Now, the Gotthard Base Tunnel will be closed to passenger traffic until 2024 due to a ...

The 57km tunnel is the longest rail tunnel in the world. Credit: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.com The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland has fully reopened for rail operations more than a year ...

The Gotthard Base Tunnel currently holds the world record for being the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, spanning the 35.5-mile distance between the cantons of Uri and Ticino.

Swiss rail authorities said repairs to the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's deepest traffic tunnel and longest of its kind, will take several months after the extent of the damage from a recent ...

Deep in the mountains of Switzerland lies a marvel of engineering, the Gotthard Base Tunnel. This is the longest railway and at the same time the deepest transport tunnel. Just imagine – 35.5 miles of ...

The Gotthard base tunnel, an important north-south link for Switzerland and Europe, was damaged when a freight train derailed on Aug. 10.

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest tunnel in the world. With a length of 57.1 kilometres (35.5 miles) through the Swiss Alps, the world's deepest and longest railway tunnel was finished in 2016.

Switzerland shut the Gotthard road tunnel on Sunday evening after pieces of concrete fell from the ceiling, in the latest disruption to key transalpine freight routes. Travel and trade have been ...

Aug. 17 (UPI) --Switzerland's Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest rail tunnel, will be closed for months after a derailment, the country's main railway operator SBB said. The operator said ...

The 35-mile subterranean express route is the longest and deepest rail tunnel in the world – at one point more than 8,000 feet deep. The Gotthard Base tunnel opened to rail traffic in 2016 ...