… a train ride from Germany to Milan via Zurich would take one hour longer.
Thanks to the 57 kilometres long Gotthard base tunnel, the world’s longest railway tunnel, up to 156 rides per day can be safely performed, carrying about 10,000 passengers. Being a member of the Transtec Gotthard working group, Thales Deutschland has, among others, integrated its innovative train control system ETCS Level 2 into the new Gotthard tunnel.