Scientists are inducing zero-magnitude earthquakes beneath the Swiss Alps to understand why some tremors are more destructive ...

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The shift of transalpine freight traffic from road to rail in Switzerland has stalled in the last two years. The access ...

Just like Hannibal in ancient times, Swiss engineers have conquered the Alps. More than 2,200 years after the commander from the ancient North African civilization of Carthage led his army of ...

Switzerland is frustrated at the lack of progress to move more freight across the Alps by train. Despite this country ...

The New Railway Link through the Alps (AlpTransit), is a Swiss federal project focused on building faster North-South rail links across the Swiss Alps by constructing base tunnels several hundred ...

Opened in 1988, it holds the title of the world’s longest undersea rail tunnel and accommodates both high-speed and regional ...