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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Uri, Mountains of Uri, Municipalities of Uri, Railway stations in the canton of Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland, Gotthard Base Tunnel, Andermatt, List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Uri, Lake Lucerne, Furka Summit Tunnel, Gotthard Pass, Reuss, Goschenen, Realp railway station, Hospental, Urner Alps, Silenen, Isenthal, Gotthard Road Tunnel, Gurtnellen, Bauen, Unterschachen, Burglen, Uri, Fluelen, Seelisberg, Furka railway station, Schattdorf, Gotthard Rail Tunnel, Erstfeld, Wassen, Seedorf, Uri, Attinghausen, Sisikon, Spiringen, Andermatt railway station, Goschenen railway station, Klausen Pass, Oberalp Pass, Rutli, Dammastock, Witenwasserenstock, Furka Pass, Tellskapelle, Urserental, Salbitschijen, Galenstock, Susten Pass, Gwachtenhorn, Schachental, Clariden, Bristen, Goscheneralpsee, Golzernsee, Seelisberg Tunnel, Schollenen Gorge, Seewlisee, Alplersee, Gross Spannort, Uri Rotstock, Oberalpsee, Uri frank, Spilauersee, Tell Monument, Gross Bielenhorn, Arnisee, Kronten, Bristensee, Halteli. Excerpt: The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a new railway tunnel beneath the Alps in Switzerland which is expected to come into use in 2016. With a route length of 57 km (35.4 mi) and a total of 151.84 km (94.3 mi) of tunnels, shafts and passages, it is the world's longest rail tunnel, surpassing the undersea Seikan Tunnel in Japan. Its main purpose is to increase total transport capacity across the Alps, especially for freight, notably between Germany and Italy, and more particularly to shift freight volumes from road to rail so as to reduce the environmental damage being caused by ever-increasing numbers of ever-larger trucks. A secondary benefit will be to cut the journey time for passenger trains from Zurich to Milan by about an hour and from ...
