Ceneri Base Tunnel

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The Ceneri Base Tunnel is a major Swiss railway tunnel through the Ceneri massif that forms a key part of the New Railway Link through the Alps, improving north–south transit between central Switzerland and the canton of Ticino.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway tunnel ⓘ
breakthroughDate 2016 ⓘ
builtBy AlpTransit Gotthard AG ⓘ
connects Camorino ⓘ
Vezia ⓘ
constructionMethod drill and blast ⓘ
constructionStartDate 2006 ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
crosses Alps ⓘ
electrification 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ
endPoint Vezia ⓘ
ETCSLevel Level 2 ⓘ
fundedBy Swiss Confederation ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasSafetyFeature cross-passages between tubes ⓘ
emergency stops ⓘ
ventilation system ⓘ
improves capacity on Gotthard rail corridor ⓘ
travel times between northern and southern Switzerland ⓘ
isBelow Monte Ceneri Pass ⓘ
languageOfRegion Italian ⓘ
length approximately 15.4 kilometres ⓘ
lineUsedBy Gotthard axis ⓘ
locatedIn Canton of Ticino ⓘ
Ceneri massif ⓘ
maximumDesignSpeed 250 km/h ⓘ
nearCity Bellinzona ⓘ
Lugano ⓘ
numberOfTracks 2 ⓘ
numberOfTubes 2 ⓘ
openingDate 2020-09-04 ⓘ
operator Swiss Federal Railways ⓘ
owner Swiss Confederation ⓘ
partOf NRLA ⓘ
New Railway Link through the Alps ⓘ
partOfCorridor Rhine–Alpine freight corridor ⓘ
purpose freight rail transport ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ
reducesTravelTimeBetween Bellinzona ⓘ
Lugano ⓘ
replaces older Monte Ceneri summit line for most traffic ⓘ
role key part of north–south transit between central Switzerland and Ticino ⓘ
startOfRegularService 2020-12-13 ⓘ
startPoint Camorino ⓘ
system European Train Control System ⓘ

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Canton of Ticino → hasTransportInfrastructure → Ceneri Base Tunnel ⓘ
Sottoceneri → hasRailTunnel → Ceneri Base Tunnel ⓘ
Gotthard axis → hasComponent → Ceneri Base Tunnel ⓘ
TILO → operatesOnLine → Ceneri Base Tunnel route ⓘ
linked to: Ceneri Base Tunnel
Monte Ceneri Pass → traversedBy → Ceneri Base Tunnel ⓘ
Monte Ceneri Pass → hasRailInfrastructure → Monte Ceneri rail tunnels ⓘ
linked to: Ceneri Base Tunnel
Monte Ceneri Pass → hasRailInfrastructure → Ceneri Base Tunnel ⓘ
Monte Ceneri → hasRailway → Ceneri Base Tunnel ⓘ