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Intermodal train southbound to Italy on Gotthard line after crossing the Biaschina gorge and passing two spiral tunnels near Giornico, Canton Ticino, Switzerland

Visible are train tracks on 3 levels (spiral tunnels between them), the Biaschina-Viaduct of the A2 Gotthard-Autobahn (top left) and the hairpin-bends of the Kantonsstrasse 2 (center right)

This photo portrays the difficulties of alpcrossing traffic excellently:

  • very difficult terrain requiring many complex structures
  • heavy trains need 2 locomotives to pass the steep line
  • international trucks crawl up the highway to the roadtunnel (truck traffic tenfolded since the opening of the Gotthard roadtunnel)

The new Gotthard-Basetunnel of the Alptransit initiative will pass all these difficulties due to it's length and flat raillink concept.
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Sept. 16 2006
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Cooper.ch 18:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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