The Lötschberg Tunnel is a 14.612 km (9.079 mi) long railway tunnel on the Lötschberg Line, which connects Spiez and Brig at the northern end of the Simplon...
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The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a 34.57 km (21.48 mi) railway base tunnel on the BLS AG's Lötschberg line cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland...
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the Lötschberg Base Tunnel at speeds of 160–200 km/h (99.4–124.3 mph). Since the completion of NRLA and the opening of the new Lötschberg Base Tunnel, the...
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standard gauge railway in Switzerland. The Lötschberg line, with the 14.6-kilometre (9.1 mi) long Lötschberg Tunnel at its heart, allows direct service from...
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of mountain passes in Switzerland Lötschberg Tunnel Lötschberg Base Tunnel NRLA Swisstopo topographic maps Lötschberg in German, French and Italian in...
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Brig via the Lötschberg Base Tunnel, instead of bypassing the town via the Lötschberg railway line (including the old Lötschberg Tunnel) and Brig. Trains...
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were made to the tunnel profile for piggyback traffic; in places only widening one track was possible. Finally, the Lötschberg Base Tunnel partially opened...
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Railway Tunnel (railway tunnel, 15.0 km) Lötschberg Tunnel (railway tunnel, 14.6 km) Zimmerberg Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 9.4 km) Seelisberg Tunnel (road...
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This list of longest tunnels ranks tunnels that are at least 13 km (8.1 mi) long. Only continuous tunnels are included. Pipelines, even those that are...
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line, opened in 1913. It links Bern with Brig via the Lötschberg Pass, including the Lötschberg Tunnel. In 2007, this line was largely supplanted by the New...
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NRLA (category International tunnels)
operator: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). The Lötschberg axis, with the Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) in the Bernese Alps, was built by BLS Alp Transit...
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The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the first station to the north of the Lötschberg tunnel. As of the December 2023 timetable...
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service over the old Lötschberg route while the SBB-operated InterCity (IC), and EuroCity (EC) trains use the new Lötschberg tunnel. As of the December...
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of tunnels in Switzerland includes all notable road, rail, waterway, or other tunnels in Switzerland. List of tunnels by location List of tunnels in the...
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Lötschberg Lötschberg railway line, a railway line which underpasses the mountain Lötschberg Tunnel, a 14.6km tunnel opened in 1913 Lötschberg Base Tunnel, a...
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which also includes the Ceneri Base Tunnel further south (opened on 3 September 2020) and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel on the other main north–south axis...
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Principal passes of the Alps (section Road tunnels)
This article lists the principal mountain passes and tunnels in the Alps, and gives a history of transport across the Alps. The following are the main...
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Railway with its central Gotthard Rail Tunnel, followed in 1906 by the Simplon Tunnel and the Lötschberg Tunnel in 1913. As part of the New Railway Link...
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opened, the tunnel ranked eighth in length: Simplon Tunnel (1906) 19.80 km (12.30 mi) Gotthard Tunnel (1882) 15.00 km (9.32 mi) Lötschberg Tunnel (1913) 14...
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the Lötschberg railway line, at the southern entrance of the Lötschberg Tunnel leading to Kandersteg. Road vehicles can be carried through the tunnel to...
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The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, just outside the southern portal of the Lötschberg tunnel. It takes its name from the nearby...
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Rail Tunnel, followed in 1906 by the Simplon Tunnel and 1913 by the Lötschberg Tunnel, and more recently, in 2007, by the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. The...
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high-elevation Lötschberg Tunnel. In 2007, the importance of that axis was further increased with the opening of the low-elevation Lötschberg Base Tunnel, the first...
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(Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon) operates 10% of the standard-gauge network. It manages the second major Alpine route Bern-Brig, via both Lötschberg Tunnels (base...
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the world's longest undersea tunnel section. The Lötschberg Base Tunnel in Switzerland was the longest land rail tunnel, with a length of 34.5 km (21...
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new 34.57 km-long (21.48 mi) Lötschberg Base Tunnel was opened, which circumvents the 100 years older Lötschberg Tunnel. With the opening of the 57.1 km-long...
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the Blümlisalp range. Kandersteg, at the north entrance of the old Lötschberg Tunnel (1913, 14 km), which connects the Bernese Oberland with the German-speaking...
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(land-based) tunnel. This record was surpassed only two months later by the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in Switzerland, and in turn by the Gotthard Base Tunnel when...
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terrestrial (land based) tunnel in world, but the title was overtaken by the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in June 2007. The tunnel is located 545 km away from...
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its good transport links at the northern end of the Lötschberg Tunnel, which is part of the Lötschberg line, a major railway line across the Alps. Kandersteg...
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