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Gotthard Base Tunnel

railway tunnel through the Swiss Alps
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Summary

Gotthard Base Tunnel is a high-speed railway tunnel[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of high speed railway tunnel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,983 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Uri[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: transport megaproject[5], base tunnel[6]
  • Owned by: Swiss Federal Railways[7]
  • Operator: Swiss Federal Railways[8]
  • Named after: Gotthard Pass[9]
  • Crosses: Saint-Gotthard Massif[10]
  • Location: Canton of Uri[11], Canton of the Grisons[12], Canton of Ticino[13]
  • Part of: AlpTransit[14]
  • Commons category: Gotthard Base Tunnel[15]
  • Terminus: Erstfeld[16], Biasca railway station[17], Altdorf railway station[18]
  • Inception: December 11, 2016[19]
  • Official website: https://www.alptransit-portal.ch/en/landingpage/[20], https://www.alptransit-portal.ch/fr/page-daccueil/[21], https://www.alptransit-portal.ch/it/pagina-iniziale/[22], https://www.alptransit.ch/de/home/[23], https://www.alptransit.ch/fr/home/[24], https://www.alptransit.ch/it/home/[25], https://www.alptransit.ch/en/home/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gotthard Base Tunnel[27]
  • Type of electrification: 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC railway electrification[28]
  • Commons gallery: Gotthard Base Tunnel[29]
  • Track gauge: standard-gauge railway[30]
  • Date of official opening: June 1, 2016[31]
  • Native label: Gotthard-Basistunnel[32]
  • Length: 57.09 km[33]
  • Carries thoroughfare: Gotthard railway[34]
  • Speed limit: 249 kilometre per hour[35]
  • Route diagram template: Template:Gotthard Base Tunnel[36]
  • Operating temperature: 28 °C[37]

Why It Matters

Gotthard Base Tunnel has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 17w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Type of electrification → 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC railway electrification
    Carries thoroughfare → Gotthard railway
    Track gauge → standard-gauge railway
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