AlpTransit's first blast

A CEREMONY on February 4 marked the start of work on the 800m Sedrun access shaft for the Gotthard base tunnel. Railway Gazette International joined invited guests to witness chief engineer for the Sedrun tunnel section Jakob Blickenstorfer detonate the first explosive charges deep within a mountainside near Sedrun.

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