Gotthard Base Tunnel : World's Longest Railway Mountain Tunnel

Authors

  •   Aaryan Sharma Student, B.Tech. (Instrumentation and Control Engineering) with Instrumentation and Control Department, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi – 110 063
  •   Arvind Rehalia Associate Professor, Department of Instrumentation and Control, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi – 110 063

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17010/ijce/2020/v3i2/156367

Keywords:

Longest Railway Mountain Tunnel

, Mega Projects, TBM, $, 10 Billion.

Manuscript Received

, October 9, 2020, Revised, November 8, Accepted, November 12, 2020. Date of Publication, December 5, 2020.

Abstract

Switzerland was suffering from serious traffic problem and so it proposed a gigantic project. Over 35 miles long tunnel would cut through the heart of the Swiss Alps. Redirecting the rush and traffic of Europe not over the Alps but under the Alps. To do this, miners had to punch their way through the hardest rock on this planet. For this a TBM was required, each 3 stories high and larger than 4 football fields, working continuously for 6 years. This project was very dangerous and outrageously expensive at a price tag of $10 billion.

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Sharma, A., & Rehalia, A. (2020). Gotthard Base Tunnel : World’s Longest Railway Mountain Tunnel. AMC Indian Journal of Civil Engineering, 3(2), 28–36. https://doi.org/10.17010/ijce/2020/v3i2/156367

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Volume 3, Issue 2, July-December 2020

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