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 ...

Pride and euphoria swept through Switzerland last week when a gargantuan drilling machine emerged through the rocks deep under the Alps to join the two ends of the world’s longest railroad tunnel. The ...

ZURICH, Switzerland – Seventeen years ago saw the first blasting in the historic heartland of Switzerland of the longest train tunnel in the world. ZURICH, Switzerland – Seventeen years ago saw the ...

GENEVA — Switzerland will celebrate an engineering marvel 20 years in the works on Wednesday: the debut of the world's longest and deepest railroad tunnel. The new tunnel through the Alps is 35.5 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEDRUN, Switzerland — 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 ...

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 ...

SEDRUN, Switzerland — Swiss engineers have smashed through the last stretch of rock to create the longest tunnel in the world. A gigantic drilling machine broke the remaining wall 8,200 feet below the ...