GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s national rail operator said Thursday the world’s longest rail tunnel won't be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for ...

GENEVAGENEVA — Train travelers between north and southernmost Switzerland will have to take the scenic route in the coming months, rail authorities said Wednesday, as the clean-up operation from a ...

ABOARD THE FIRST GOTTHARD RAIL TUNNEL TRAIN — The train leaves the Swiss Alps' station and soon enters total darkness. It picks up speed, reaching 125 mph as it hurtles through the mountain at depths ...

SEDRUN, Switzerland -- Workers hugged, cheered and set off fireworks as the huge drill broke through the last stretch of rock deep in the Swiss Alps. There was delight at the end of the tunnel -- the ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Face covered with dust, a tired miner scrambles through a tiny gap linking two parts of what will be the world's longest rail tunnel, clutching a gold colored statuette of saint ...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s national rail operator said Thursday the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for ...

SEDRUN, Switzerland - Swiss engineers broke through a final 6 feet of rock deep in the Alpine mountains on Friday, linking the world's longest rail tunnel. The 35-mile Gotthard Base Tunnel in southern ...

Swiss engineers smashed through the last stretch of rock Friday to create the world’s longest tunnel, sparking a national groundswell of elation over a costly, technically difficult project that has ...