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The general speed limit in Switzerland is 80 km/h (50 mph) outside and 50 km/h (31 mph) inside build-up areas. These limits were introduced in 1984 to protect the environment. On the motorways of Switzerland the limit is 120 km/h (75 mph). The limit on the similar autostrassen is 100 km/h (62 mph). There are lower limits for trucks and vehicles ...
Map of the Swiss autobahn network. The Swiss autobahn/autoroute network has a total length (as of April 2012) of 1,763.6 kilometres (1,095.9 miles), of the planned 1,893.5 kilometres (1,176.6 miles), and has, by an area of 41,290 km 2, also one of the highest motorway densities in the world with many tunnels.
Switzerland has a very high density of railway network, with an average of 122 km of track for every 1,000 km 2 (76 mi per 390 sq mi; average of 46 km (29 mi) in the EU). [6] In 2008, each Swiss citizen traveled, on average, 2,422 km (1,505 mi) by rail, which makes them the most frequent users of rail transport. [ 7 ]
The A2 (the Gotthard Motorway) is a motorway in Switzerland. It forms Switzerland's main north–south axis from Basel to Chiasso, meandering with a slight drift toward the east. It lies on the Gotthard axis and crosses the Alps. Opened in 1955 under the name "Road Lucerne-south", [1] A2 is one of the busiest motorways in Switzerland.
[1] As of the end of 2013, the system consists of six lines, one of which leads across the city boundary into the neighbouring towns of Emmen , Horw and Kriens . It is currently operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern (VBL), has a total route length of 37.634 km (23.385 mi), [ 2 ] and as of about 2011 was carrying 27 million passengers annually. [ 3 ]
Switzerland is offering a cash prize for solutions to remove munitions from its lakes. The ammo was dumped in lakes between 1918 and 1964 as the Swiss military believed it to be safe.
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)).
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