(Source: Good magazine, December 15, 2015)
NEW YORK — The Gotthard Base Tunnel located in the Swiss Alps is poised to be the world’s longest railroad tunnel. At 57 kilometers (35 miles) long, the tunnel will open in December of 2016 and transport more than 200 trains a day, each at an average speed of 250 kilometers per hour (that’s 155 mph).
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