Reisezüge fahren am Wochenende durch Gotthard-Basistunnel
Dieses Wochenende sind erstmals seit der Güterzug-Entgleisung wieder fünf Reisezüge durch den Gotthard-Basistunnel gefahren.
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00:00 This weekend, five trains have again passed through the Gotthard base tunnel since the
00:04 freight train derailment.
00:05 According to the SBB, this went smoothly.
00:06 On Friday, the SBB resumed passenger traffic through the Gotthard base tunnel with individual
00:15 trains.
00:16 They shared on Sunday that the five trains were running smoothly and punctually from
00:24 north to south and vice versa on the first weekend.
00:27 For the travelers, enough seats were available at the beginning of the autumn holidays in
00:34 Germany and Switzerland, the SBB shared on Sunday evening.
00:37 About seven weeks after the derailment of a freight train, the people's trains that
00:43 pass through the undamaged east tube arrived on time.
00:46 On Friday, a first-class train from Zurich to Lugano left.
00:49 On Saturday, two more trains from Zurich to Bellinzona left.
00:54 And two trains left on Sunday from Lugano to Zurich and from Lugano to Lucerne.
01:00 The journey through the base tunnel reduces the travel time compared to the mountain route
01:06 by 15 to 30 minutes.
01:07 The remaining trains and those below the week lead the SBB over the mountain route.
01:13 During the repair work on the damaged west tube on the weekend, no passenger trains
01:19 are allowed to pass through the base tunnel for safety reasons.
01:23 On 10 August, a freight train derailed in the west tube of the tunnel because a wheel
01:29 had broken on a car.
01:30 Immense damage to the tunnel, 8 km of runway and 20 000 thresholds were replaced.
01:38 The locomotive driver remained unharmed.
01:40 The total repair of the tunnel was supposed to take months.
01:44 not a Darwin.