Lötschbergtunnel

LotschbergtunnelLötschbergtunnel Nord portal
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LotschbergtunnelLötschbergtunnel South portal, 4 July 2001 Goppenstein
Photo by: Marcin Stefanowicz
Pozition Kandersteg(Bern)-Goppenstein(Brig)
Start of construction October15, 1906
Dte of break through March 31, 1911
Langth 14 612 m
Culmination point
1240 m above seal level
(highest point of the BLS Lötschberg Railway)
Total construction time of tunnel 66 months (Gotthard: 108)

Between 1995 and 1998 the tunnel vault was expanded, the track were lowered and shifted.