{"id":7880,"date":"2023-08-17T13:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/17\/worlds-longest-tunnel-closes-to-train-passengers-after-derailment\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:27:01","slug":"worlds-longest-tunnel-closes-to-train-passengers-after-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/2023\/08\/17\/worlds-longest-tunnel-closes-to-train-passengers-after-derailment\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s longest tunnel closes to train passengers after derailment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Rail journeys across the Swiss Alps will take longer for the next few months after a major derailment has left the record-breaking 35-mile (57-kilometer) Gotthard Base Tunnel partially out of action.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The world\u2019s longest tunnel was closed last week when a freight train jumped the tracks, derailing 16 carriages and damaging about five miles of rail lines, Swiss national rail operator SBB said in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      SBB said the tunnel will reopen partially on August 23, with one of the two lines through the mountains unaffected by the incident. But the reduced capacity will mean re-routing passenger trains via a scenic railway that takes up to two hours longer until early 2024.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">       \u201cUntil further notice, passenger trains will be diverted via the panorama route,\u201d the SBB statement said. \u201cThe journey time is extended by 60 minutes in national traffic and between 60 and 12 minutes in international traffic.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The company said it was examining whether passengers could be safely transported with only one track in operation but for the time being it would be closed to non-freight traffic until further notice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Opened in 2016 after 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel has become a vital railway link between northern and southern Europe, as well as a destination for rail enthusiasts wanting to traverse the world\u2019s longest and \u2013 at almost 1.5 miles below the surface \u2013 deepest tunnel.  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\">    Rail corridor<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The structure runs between Erstfeld on the northern side and Bodio in the south, connecting rail traffic between the Swiss city of Zurich and Milan in Italy. It also completes a freight rail corridor between Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the Mediterranean Italian port of Genoa.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      SBB said that passenger services will be running at reduced capacity until the tunnel fully reopens because the panoramic route over the mountains cannot handle double-decker trains. Additional trains would also not be running at peak times.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content_without-image related-content_without-image--article\">\n<p class=\"related-content_without-image__headline\">            <span class=\"related-content_without-image__headline-text\">The incredible tunnels pushing deep below the surface<\/span>    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Swiss rail investigators are currently trying to establish the cause of the accident in which no one was injured.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThe Gotthard Base Tunnel is one of the safest in the world,\u201d SBB CEO Vincent Ducrot told reporters on Wednesday. \u201cThe fact that such an accident could still happen hits us hard. Luckily there were no injuries but there was a lot of property damage.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      He said the company was aware that the accident would lead to inconvenience for travelers and freight customers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cWe would like to apologize for this and ask for your understanding. The teams deployed are doing everything they can to ensure that safe rail traffic through the Gotthard Base tunnel is possible again as quickly as possible.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rail journeys across the Swiss Alps will take longer for the next few months&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}