World longest Railways tunnel finished and almost

You probably lived in Zurich ( you say the most beautiful and bigger city ), English is a must because of the banks. Here in the south English at school English is optional.
 
cumulus1978 said:
You probably lived in Zurich ( you say the most beautiful and bigger city ), English is a must because of the banks. Here in the south English at school English is optional.
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English is commonly regarded as the major unofficial language in most large or larger Swiss towns and cities. Maybe not out in the sticks where you're from, but certainly in the civilised parts. ;)
 
Sure i watched something on discovery channel about this a while ago, was this the planned tunnel where they will not take the drilling machines out but will reverse them back and bury them in a tomb so to speak
 
Energize said:
It brings shame to the UK's rail service.
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Yeah but you have to take into account not only the the decreased size and complexity of Switzerlands rail network, but also the newness. The UK has been lugged with a rail system inherited from Victorian times that has cost rail companies a fortune to maintain and upgrade, whereas much of Switzerlands is state of the art and using the latest technology, with a massively high budget spent on upgrade and maintenance to boot. The Swiss have a much smaller population than the UK with fewer areas to serve, and with a big budget for public services everything is pretty much top-notch.

Not only are trains here punctual (more than a couple of minutes late is highly unusual), roomy and very clean, but they are also very comfortable... 2nd class here is often like 1st class on many UK trains i've been on, and the fares are VERY cheap. 50 quid covers you for an whole month accross the entire city of Zurich, and 2260 quid covers you for a full year on any mode of public transport accross the entire country. That is VERY cheap when you think how much yearly UK railcards are accross relatively small stretches.

Whereas in the UK I wouldn't have dreamed of not owning a car, here I really have no need of one. :)
 
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Richdog said:
Yeah but you have to take into account not only the the decreased size and complexity of Switzerlands rail network, but also the newness. The UK has been lugged with a rail system inherited from Victorian times that has cost rail companies a fortune to maintain and upgrade, whereas much of Switzerlands is state of the art and using the latest technology, with a massively high budget spent on upgrade and maintenance to boot. The Swiss have a much smaller population than the UK with fewer areas to serve, and with a big budget for public services everything is pretty much top-notch.

Not only are trains here punctual (more than a couple of minutes late is highly unusual), roomy and very clean, but they are also very comfortable... 2nd class here is often like 1st class on many UK trains i've been on, and the fares are VERY cheap. covers you for an whole month accross the entire city of Zurich, and covers you for a full year on any mode of public transport accross the entire country. That is VERY cheap when you think how much yearly UK railcards are accross relatively small stretches.

Whereas in the UK I wouldn't have dreamed of not owning a car, here I really have no need of one. :)
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It's true, i quote all. Anyway I've read that if you do a proportion, numbers of train and passengers are much more higher than other big countries, like france, Italy or Spain. Sometimes in other countries is also a organization problem, including frequent strike of the personal, in switzerland not allowed.
 
From the wiki page:

Amount of excavated rock: 26,500,000 t (29,200,000 ST; 26,100,000 LT), (13,300,000 m3/17,400,000 cu yd, the equivalent of 5 Giza pyramids)
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Impressive stuff.

It would be interesting excavate a perpendicular tunnel halfway along this one and put a huge nuclear power plant there, 2km of rock would reduce the danger from any accidents somewhat:p
 
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