EESC Conference Shaping the future of Core Network Corridors Thomas Bühler Chief of south line AlpTransit Gotthard AG

1 The Gotthard Base Commissioning

Commissioning : 11th december 2016

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2 Part 1

The project

4 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Freight corridor 1: Rotterdam−Genoa

5 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Development of transalpine goods traffic

6 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Development of transalpine goods traffic in

Opening

7 The Gotthard Base Tunnel New railway lines in Switzerland

Lötschberg 2007 34.6 km 57 km Gotthard 2016

15.4 km Ceneri 2020

8 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Political acceptance

1992 A 64% majority acceptance of the proposal for the New Rail Link through the (NRLA)

1994 Swiss electorate initiated the transfer policy voting in favour of the Alps Initiative

1995 Beginning of procedural approvement of the Gotthard project

1998 The Swiss electorate voted with 63.5% in favour of the phased NRLA and cleared the

way of financing

1999 Approvement of the Gotthard project

10 Part 2

Costs and financing requirements

11 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Allocation of Public Transport Financial Fund

NRLA (45%) Heavy road vehicle New Rail Link through the Alps tax (64%)

Rail 2000 Phase 1 and ZEB (44%) ZEB: Future Development of the Railway Infrastructure Fund for the Oil tax financing of (23%) public transport HSR (4%) European High-Speed Rail Network

Value added tax Noise mitigation (VAT) (13%) (7%)

12 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Development of final cost forecast and potential risks

Exchange rate: 1 Euro = 1.10 CHF

Potential risks Forecast final costs

13 Part 3

Project management

14 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Interest partners

15 Part 4

Project description and commissioning

16 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Overview

17 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Tunnel system of the Gotthard Base Tunnel

18 The Gotthard Base Tunnel A flat railway through the Alps

• Mixed operation • Maximum speed passenger : 250 km/h • Maximum speed goods trains: 160 km/h • Loaded vehicles: max. height 4.2 m

19 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Trains per day through the Gotthard (workdays)

Present

Future

daily + 80100 goods trains

20 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Journey times – / – / –

21 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Completed tunnel equipment

22 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Commissioning

2’873 runs 111’000 km

Functionality and fulfilment of

safety

requirements

7 months

10.2015 1.6.2016

23 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Commissioning: Opening ceremony 1st June 2016

24 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Commissioning

- Simulation of normal passenger and goods traffic - Incident and 2’873 runs maintenance 111’000 km management

Functionality and fulfilment of

safety

requirements

7 months 6.5 months

10.2015 11.12.2016 1.6.2016

25 The Gotthard Base Tunnel Commissioning

Commissioning Gotthard Base Tunnel: 11th december 2016

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