Infrastructure

First Ceneri base tunnel breakthrough

By 2015-03-18T12:00:00

The southern end of the western bore of the Ceneri base tunnel was holed though on March 17 (Photo: AlpTransit Gotthard).

SWITZERLAND: A final blast at noon on March 17 broke through the southern end of the western bore of the Ceneri base tunnel on the Gotthard corridor, 13 months ahead of schedule.

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