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door Coccodrillo
za 27 jan 2024, 12:04
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
Weergaves: 30783

Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

The base tunnel was opened in 2016, but the works to increase the loading gauge to allow the passage of higher (4 metre) trucks on trains have been completed only in 2021. The works started around 2016, and during this period many sections have been operated with only one track, thus with a lower ca...
door Coccodrillo
di 19 dec 2023, 13:44
Forum: Europa
Onderwerp: [DK][FO] Faeröer / Føroyar / Færøerne
Reacties: 176
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Re: [DK][FO] Faeröer / Føroyar / Færøerne

I didn't find any news about the Sandoyar tunnel opening, but the website of the ferry operator tells about the closure of the ferry line. It says nothing about the introduction of a bus line through the new tunnel (which will certainly be created to replace the ferry service for passengers without ...
door Coccodrillo
vr 17 nov 2023, 23:08
Forum: Europa
Onderwerp: [DK][FO] Faeröer / Føroyar / Færøerne
Reacties: 176
Weergaves: 19115

Re: [DK][FO] Faeröer / Føroyar / Færøerne

There is a plan for a 20+ km tunnel to Suðuroy, and also to move the ferry service to that island from Tórshavn to Sandur as an alternative or in the meantime (but this would need works in Sandur to allow docking of the big ferry used on the route to Suðuroy). There are various options, including tw...
door Coccodrillo
vr 17 nov 2023, 22:55
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
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Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

It is not the first time helicopters are used to replace a cable car which is the only link to permanently inhabited villages. These flights are not advertised and I would say it is in practice impossible for non locals to use them. Another example of such a village is Rasa TI: https://map.geo.admin...
door Coccodrillo
di 31 okt 2023, 17:32
Forum: Italië
Onderwerp: [I] Zuid-Tirol • Südtirol • Alto Adige
Reacties: 185
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Re: [I] Zuid-Tirol • Südtirol • Alto Adige

The railway tunnel will be weird. There will be a triple track single tube section in the north, and one double and one single track in the south, with a big underground cavern to join the two sections. I don't know why they took this decision. There aren't many rail tunnels with more than two track...
door Coccodrillo
di 31 okt 2023, 17:24
Forum: Italië
Onderwerp: [I][A010] A10 Genova - Savona - Ventimiglia
Reacties: 58
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Re: [I][A010] A10 Genova - Savona - Ventimiglia

De A10 heeft wel extreem veel tunnels, ik zou eens moeten uitrekenen hoeveel kilometers van de A10 in tunnels ligt, dat moet vrij veel zijn, ondanks dat er weinig tunnels langer dan 1 kilometer zijn. I suppose you didn't know this website, although hasn't been updated in years: https://www.lotsberg...
door Coccodrillo
di 31 okt 2023, 16:51
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
Weergaves: 207259

Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

I think that voting is a duty, as most people on this planet cannot (or can vote only fake elections/referenda). If I don't have an opinion on a particular matter I write a scribble so as the ballot paper is counted as invalid. Although the decisions taken by the majority of voters sometimes are not...
door Coccodrillo
za 23 sep 2023, 21:50
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
Weergaves: 207259

Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

Not all funiculars are independent systems with just one or two vehicles, although nearly all are. There have been a number of lines where a couple of brake wagons semi-permanently attached to the cable (one on each end, travelling in opposite directions) were used to push uphill and brake downhill ...
door Coccodrillo
za 23 sep 2023, 10:04
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
Weergaves: 207259

Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

Met verdere bergtreintjes die hellingen tot 25% hebben bereik ik op 1 september de Jungfraujoch, dat het hoogste treinstation van Europa is. The railway was originally intended to reach the top of the Jungrfrau mountain, but WW 1 stopped it at the mountain pass below, the Jungfraujoch. https://en.w...
door Coccodrillo
di 12 sep 2023, 16:19
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
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Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

To open a pass in winter height is not a limiting factor, avalanche risk is. AFAIK winter opening of the Lucomagno/Lukmanier is an initiative of the cantons and of the local municipalities, not private entities. As for the Flüela, it should be a non-profit organization that campaigns for it. A photo...
door Coccodrillo
ma 11 sep 2023, 18:52
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
Weergaves: 30783

Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

The pass is less than 30 minutes slower than the tunnel and it is not a difficult drive at all, just the Göschenen-Andermatt section is a little bit curvy. When they started to talk about the renovation of the tunnel, a decade ago, the two alternatives were either a 5 to 7 month closure for urgent w...
door Coccodrillo
ma 11 sep 2023, 9:38
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
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Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

The Gotthard road tunnel has been closed for an indefinite amount of time due to cracks in the ceiling. Some debris fell on the roadway. There aren't many informations yet, but apparently the damage is serious enough that vehicles inside the tunnel weren't allowed to leave it continuing on their way...
door Coccodrillo
zo 10 sep 2023, 22:44
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Nieuwe Axenstrasse
Reacties: 4
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Re: [CH] Nieuwe Axenstrasse

This ~3 km long section will remain as it is: https://www.google.ch/maps/dir/46.9386132,8.6174669/46.9171607,8.6247866/@46.9275207,8.6052194,4075m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?entry=ttu I don't know if the new A4 is designed in a way to easily allow the filling of this gap, I hope so. They choose to bu...
door Coccodrillo
zo 10 sep 2023, 22:26
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
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Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

Die spoorprojecten zijn wel succesvol in het doorgaande goederenvervoer (Duitsland - Italië), waar 74% per trein gaat. Dat is denk ik hoger dan welk ander land dan ook, maar Zwitserland heeft ook maar één doorgaande transportcorridor (noord-zuid via de Lötschberg / Gotthard). Oostenrijk heeft meer ...
door Coccodrillo
ma 26 jun 2023, 9:17
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] A2 Basel - Luzern - Lugano - Chiasso
Reacties: 218
Weergaves: 23646

Re: [CH][A002] A2 Basel - Luzern - Lugano - Chiasso

Sorry, I meant 10 years from the opening of the CUPRA lane, that is, around 2036. By then there will certainly be two tubes and four lanes (and maybe also a toll). Or if not by 2036, a couple years later.
door Coccodrillo
ma 26 jun 2023, 8:54
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] A2 Basel - Luzern - Lugano - Chiasso
Reacties: 218
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Re: [CH][A002] A2 Basel - Luzern - Lugano - Chiasso

This should have been done years ago. But as there will be no queues anymore in the future (or they will be greatly reduced), within 10 years it will become mostly useless, so it is mostly a waste of money. Maybe just the section near the tunnel will still be useful, and maybe the southern section c...
door Coccodrillo
do 15 jun 2023, 11:25
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
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Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

There will an open day in Airolo next Saturday: https://gotthardtunnel.ch/events/airolo-2023 And one in Göschenen on 16th September: https://gotthardtunnel.ch/events/goeschenen-2023 Meanwhile, some politicians are asking to impose a toll also on cars on the transalpine routes (not only on the Gottha...
door Coccodrillo
wo 07 jun 2023, 17:21
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
Weergaves: 207259

Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

Had anyone of you found images of the Giro d'Italia convoy passing throught the GSB tunnel?
door Coccodrillo
zo 30 apr 2023, 12:50
Forum: Reisadviezen & Reisverslagen
Onderwerp: Gotthardtunnel
Reacties: 789
Weergaves: 194616

Re: Gotthardtunnel

The average traffic for each month and year can be seen here: https://www.oasi.ti.ch/web/rest/trafficcounts/sheet/150.pdf And here is the pass: https://www.oasi.ti.ch/web/rest/trafficcounts/sheet/010.pdf Finally the San Bernardino tunnel: https://www.oasi.ti.ch/web/rest/trafficcounts/sheet/044.pdf (...
door Coccodrillo
ma 24 apr 2023, 8:21
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
Weergaves: 30783

Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

https://www.alptransit-portal.ch/ website is full of historical articles. It was opened together with the Gotthard base tunnel. One original plan to improve road traffic was to build a second rail tunnel parallel to the existing one. There is already a short stub on the Göschenen side, built around ...
door Coccodrillo
zo 23 apr 2023, 15:30
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
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Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

There are two portals both in Airolo and Göschenen, and these lead to the service tunnel. The service tunnel will remain where it is, but near the two ends, two new portals have been built and two new end sections have been bored for it. The second road tube will enter the mountain using the portals...
door Coccodrillo
vr 21 apr 2023, 18:33
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart
Reacties: 327
Weergaves: 30783

Re: [CH][A002] Gotthardtunnel • de bouw van de tweede buis is gestart

The worksites for the "fourth tube" can already be seen on map.geo. Don't look for them in Google Maps or Street View, they aren't visible yet. However, if you pass around there, you might want to visit the two info centres (located in or near the buildings of the railway stations). Airolo...
door Coccodrillo
do 20 apr 2023, 17:25
Forum: Reisadviezen & Reisverslagen
Onderwerp: Gotthardtunnel
Reacties: 789
Weergaves: 194616

Re: Gotthardtunnel

The detailed project I had access to clearly showed one running and one emergency lane per tube, but the second tunnel itself is built as a full two lane tunnel (without shoulder). This is unlike the second Fréjus tunnel, which is phisically only one lane (and a bit) wide. I don't know if the ventil...
door Coccodrillo
do 20 apr 2023, 17:03
Forum: Reisadviezen & Reisverslagen
Onderwerp: Gotthardtunnel
Reacties: 789
Weergaves: 194616

Re: Gotthardtunnel

Implementing a reservation system would have been useful decades ago (after all, having to reserve in advance a specific time to travel is being done since ages for ferries and on trains and airplanes, and people got used to it), but with 4 lanes approaching in a few years implementing it now would ...
door Coccodrillo
zo 12 mar 2023, 23:53
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
Weergaves: 207259

Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

It is normal to have municipal limits in the middle of a physical city: https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=it&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.swissimage&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege,ch.astra.wanderl...
door Coccodrillo
za 11 mar 2023, 22:08
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH][A002] A2 Basel - Luzern - Lugano - Chiasso
Reacties: 218
Weergaves: 23646

Re: [CH][A002] A2 Basel - Luzern - Lugano - Chiasso

The last sentence is interesting: Il cantiere si sposterà poi verso sud, visto che saranno rinnovate le rampe di uscita di Lugano Sud, così come verrà risanato il ponte sopra lo svincolo in zona Chiesa di Pambio Noranco, con un provvisorio utilizzo del viadotto Brentino. It says that the bridge over...
door Coccodrillo
ma 06 feb 2023, 20:04
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz
Reacties: 3263
Weergaves: 207259

Re: [CH] Zwitserland - Switzerland - Schweiz

Samedan might be the highest airport in Europe able to handle big commercial jets, but there are higher airports able to handle small aircrafts. For instance, Courchevel at 2008 m has a paved runway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courchevel_Altiport Above Verbier at 2174 m there is a grass runway wh...
door Coccodrillo
vr 25 nov 2022, 21:38
Forum: Italië
Onderwerp: [I] Italië - Italy - Italia
Reacties: 808
Weergaves: 92119

Re: [I] Italië - Italy - Italia

The lasts hairpins cannot be accessed by car, one has to park below and take a shuttle bus. That reminds me the Drei Zinnen/Tre Cime road. Here the parking space quickly fills up, and a 2 km queue builds up. There are some parking places and a bus service from Lake Misurina to the end of the road, s...
door Coccodrillo
vr 04 nov 2022, 11:38
Forum: Expreswegen en Routes Nationales
Onderwerp: [F][N204][E074] Tunnel de Tende
Reacties: 39
Weergaves: 2980

Re: [F][N204][E074] Tunnel de Tende

The Tenda pass road (the pass, not the tunnel) is mostly unpaved on the French side, and there have not been major works since the opening of the road tunnel in 1882. I don't know if the pass road was opened to traffic when the tunnel was oeprational. Now it is, but only because there is no alternat...
door Coccodrillo
za 22 okt 2022, 0:11
Forum: Zwitserland & Oostenrijk
Onderwerp: [CH] Bergpassen en toeristenwegen in Zwitserland
Reacties: 371
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Re: [CH] Bergpassen en toeristenwegen in Zwitserland

The Tenda pass road (the pass, not the tunnel) is mostly unpaved on the French side, and there have not been major works since the opening of the road tunnel in 1882. I don't know if the pass road was opened to traffic when the tunnel was oeprational. Now it is, but only because there is no alternat...