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| 35-Mile Swiss Tunnel Opens to High-Speed Trains |
| 2016-12-13 |
 After 17 years and 11 billion euros, the first Gotthard Base Tunnel passenger train departed Zurich on Sunday morning. The express train will save passengers 30 minutes on the trip.Was Governor Moonbeam on hand? At 6:09 a.m. the EC11 express train to Lugano was the first regular passenger train to depart for the tunnel after thousands of test runs. I rode thru the Channel Tunnel this spring. Very boring. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #7 I went through the Mont Blanc tunnel 30+years ago. I'm not sure if that was boring or scary......it did seem looooong. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-12-13 16:50 |
| #6 Hate to break it to all you frog types, but this German speaking Switzerland (to the extent any Swiss speak German...) |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-12-13 15:03 |
| #5 Better to be bored than scared out of your wits. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-12-13 14:32 |
| #4 Oui, C'est bon, mai J'ai dormi. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-12-13 14:15 |
| #3 Tunnel? Train? Gotthard? Any avant garde movie makers taking note? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2016-12-13 13:46 |
| #2 I rode thru the Channel Tunnel this spring. Very boring. C'est bon, n'est-ce pas? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-12-13 11:30 |
| #1 No. Moonbeam was not there. He might have big dreams but he has not the foggiest frickin' clue how to actually complete a project like this and he can't be bothered to ask the Swiss how they did it. Moonbeam's project is more of a gravy train for cronies. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-12-13 11:01 |