Bizarre Stage Show Opens Gotthard Rail Tunnel in Switzerland
Swiss Federal President Johann Schneider-Ammann, right, listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 1, 2016, the opening day of the Gotthard rail tunnel, at the northern portal in Erstfeld, Switzerland.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel under Switzerland's Alps has taken 17 years and cost about $12 billion to construct and removes one of Europe's most stubborn natural barriers to trade and tourism: the lack of a fast route through the mountain range at the crossroads of four countries.
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Chauncey Koziol
Update: 2024-08-14