http://www.orphanroad.com/tags/rail-transit Comments for "rail transit" en http://www.orphanroad.com/blog/2007/09/almost-casually-swiss-build-scale-which-modern-americans-can-only-dream#comment-24 <p>The NYT article you reference is accurate, and reminds us that while trains function like ships in the US, they function like trucks in continental Europe. However, it misses a key point. The Lötschberg tunnel connects much better to the Italian rail network than the Gotthard tunnel for intermodal freight operations. In fact, a two-tube Lötschberg basis tunnel might have made the multi-billion Swiss Franc Gotthard tunnel superfluous for freight traffic.</p> <p>It will be a quick trip from Zurich to Milan for passengers once the Gotthard basis tunnel (and an additional new tunnel under Monte Ceneri in Ticino) are completed. Swiss domestic politics...</p> Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:30:14 -0700 madisonian comment 24 at http://www.orphanroad.com