SBB will soon commence a four-year project to refurbish the 20km eastern bore of the Simplon Tunnel in the Swiss Alps.

The Simplon railroad tunnel between Valais in southwest Switzerland and Italy will be renovated over the next four years. The ...

The Simplon railroad tunnel between Valais in southwest Switzerland ... the line between Domodossola and Milan will be completely closed to rail traffic. As a result, all EuroCity trains between ...

Taking a train ride through a railway tunnel still causes uneasy feelings of discomfort in many passengers. This is the reason it is all the more important to have a good safety concept and ...

Taking a train ride through a railway tunnel still causes uneasy feelings of discomfort in many passengers. This is the reason it is all the more important to have a good safety concept and ...

Don’t confuse it with the Gotthard Tunnel (a 15km railway tunnel opened in 1882 ... goods trains a day were running on the Lötschberg-Simplon axis. The Federal Railways said it hadn’t ...