Train travelers between north and southernmost Switzerland will have to take the scenic route in the coming months.
One side of the tunnel — the tube that was unaffected in the derailment — should be operable “in principle” starting next Wednesday for cargo trains, SBB said, but passenger train traffic will have to wait for months.
“It appears that the extent of damage is considerably greater than that shown by the first estimates. In total, about 8 kilometers of track and 20,000 concrete railroad ties will have to be replaced,” SBB said. “Restoration work should continue until the end of 2023.” “Passenger trains will run on the panoramic route until further notice,” it said. The alternate route adds an extra hour for domestic travelers and two hours for international travelers.
Leaders of France, Italy and Germany travelled to Switzerland in 2016 to join the inauguration ceremony for the tunnel, an engineering feat deep under snow-capped Alpine peaks that took 17 years to build at a cost of 12.2 billion Swiss francs .
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