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The rail line had been closed since June 5, when a landslide damaged the track near Gurtnellen in canton Uri, killing one worker and injuring two others. The first passenger and freight trains entered the tunnel on Monday just after 10pm, thus
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The important north-south axis has been blocked since June 5 following a rockfall in which a construction worker died. Around 2,500 cubic metres of rock were dynamited in a controlled explosion. Swiss television showed these images of the blast
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Switzerland's main passenger rail connection to Italy has been cut for at least a month because of a rockslide in the Alps that has left one man missing. Swiss railway company SBB says the Gotthard line is blocked after a massive
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The company said on Wednesday the cliff face would probably have to be dynamited as more rocks threaten to come crashing down on the line and the valley below. Federal Railways spokesman Reto Kormann added making the site secure and clearing the
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