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Line
  
Lötschberg Line

Owner
  
BLS AG

System
  
BLS, SBB CFF FFS

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Official name
  
German: Lötschberg Tunnel

Location
  
Traversing the Bernese Alps in Switzerland(Canton of Bern, canton of Valais)

Start
  
Kandersteg, canton of Bern, 1,200 m (3,900 ft)

End
  
Goppenstein, canton of Valais, 1,216 m (3,990 ft)

Electrified
  
15 kV AC railway electrification

Similar
  
Lötschberg, Simplon Tunnel, Gotthard Tunnel, Gotthard Base Tunnel, Iselle di Trasquera railway st

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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 Tunnel cutting through the Alps of Switzerland. Its ends are at the towns of Kandersteg in the canton of Berne and Goppenstein in the canton of Valais.

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Construction began in 1907 and suffered delays by several severe accidents.

  • February 1908: An avalanche destroyed a hotel the workers lived in, killing 13.
  • July 1908: The tunnel broke into a deep fissure below the Gasterntal valley and flooded with water and glacial deposit from the fissure, killing 25, and 1554 meters (5100 feet) of the tunnel had to be abandoned and sealed off and replaced by a curved bypass.
  • March 1911: Breakthrough was achieved
  • 3 June 1913: Finalization
  • 15 July 1913: Regular service through the Lötschberg Tunnel began in 1913.

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    The tunnel is a single bore twin track.

    The BLS AG company offers a car transport service through the tunnel, between Kandersteg station and Goppenstein station, for accompanied vehicles. The journey time of approximately 20 minutes, passengers remain in their cars in open sided car transport vehicles. At peak times, the car transport service operates in each direction every 7½ minutes.

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    The new Lötschberg Base Tunnel, opened on June 15, 2007, has been constructed some 400 m (1,312 ft) below the level of the current Lötschberg Tunnel as part of the NRLA (New Railway Link through the Alps) project.

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    References

    Lötschberg Tunnel Wikipedia
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