GENEVA (AP) — Just like Hannibal in ancient times, Swiss engineers have conquered the Alps. More than 2,200 years after the commander from the ancient North African civilization of Carthage led his ...

Switzerland’s Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel ever built, but it’s part of a global race to carve faster rail routes through mountains and under oceans. This video counts down the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Just like Hannibal in ancient times, Swiss engineers have conquered the Alps. More than 2,200 years after the commander from the ...

Mountains once defined human limits, but 19th-century tunnels began a shift. Modern base tunnels, like the Gotthard, ignore mountain shapes, running deep beneath them. This creates a "second landscape ...

SEDRUN, Switzerland - Swiss engineers broke through a final 6 feet of rock deep in the Alpine mountains on Friday, linking the world's longest rail tunnel. The 35-mile Gotthard Base Tunnel in southern ...

Tunnels are used to carry traffic through some of the most extreme terrain on the planet and they help ease journeys with reduced travel time. While most tunnels offer a short underground burst of ...

On Thursday 23 October, 2014, Vigier Rail AG produced the last of 380,000 low vibration track (LVT) supports for the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The commonly known ‘golden sleeper’ was indeed golden. On the ...

The 35-mile long tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link between northern and southern Europe. Switzerland Opens World's Longest, Deepest Rail Tunnel The Gotthard Railway Tunnel is 35 miles long ...