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2. Rail transport in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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   With 5,200 kilometres (3,200 mi) network length, Switzerland has a dense railway network, [20] and is the clear European leader in kilometres traveled: 2,505 km (1,557 mi) per inhabitant and year (2019). [21] Worldwide, only the Japanese travel more by train.

3. Transport in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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   Switzerland has an extensive and reliable public transport network. Due to the clock-face schedule, the different modes of transports are well-integrated. There is a national integrated ticketing system for public transport, which is organized in tariff networks (for all train and bus services and some boat lines, cable cars and funiculars).

4. Lötschberg Base Tunnel - Wikipedia

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   The north portal in Frutigen South portal near Raron. The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a 34.57 km (21.48 mi) railway base tunnel on the BLS AG's Lötschberg line cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland some 400 m (1,300 ft) below the older Lötschberg Tunnel.

5. Glacier Express - Wikipedia

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   The Glacier Express is a direct Panorama Express (PE) train connecting railway stations of the two major mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz via Andermatt in the central Swiss Alps. The train provides a one-seat ride for an 8-hour end-to-end 291-kilometre (181 mi) journey, and omits stops made by local trains.

6. High-speed rail in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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   The first stage of the Rail 2000 project finished in 2005, included a new high-speed rail track between Bern and Olten with an operating speed of 200 km/h (125 mph).. The second stage of Rail 2000, still in project, includes line upgrades in the Valais canton (200 km/h (125 mph)) and between Biel and Solothurn (also 200 km/h (125 mph)).

7. Gotthard Base Tunnel - Wikipedia

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   On the historic track only the Gotthard Railway trains up to 1,300 t (2.9 × 10 ^ 6 lb) [26] when using two locomotives or up to 1,500 t (3.3 × 10 ^ 6 lb) with an additional bank engine at the end of the train are able to pass through the narrow mountain valleys and through spiral tunnels climbing up to the portals of the old tunnel at a ...