Only with the 15.4-kilometres-long base tunnel under the Ceneri will the continuous flat route from Altdorf to Lugano become reality. Like the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the Ceneri Base Tunnel also consists of two single-track tubes around 40 metres apart, which are linked to each other every 325 metres by cross-passages. The base tunnel also serves regional traffic. Now the journey from Locarno to Lugano and vice versa only takes 30 minutes instead of one hour. The Ceneri Base Tunnel is scheduled to become operational at the end of 2020.

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