- 10 Oct 10, 19:33#219697
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
At a September conference in Rome on future rail infrastructure, Italy was one EU member that praised Switzerland and its National Rail Link through the Alps project, which includes both the Gotthard and Lötschberg tunnels.
This is hardly surprising since Italy will profit a good deal from the tunnel when it opens in 2016 or 2017.
The Italian infrastructure minister said his country was gearing up for the increased traffic by improving access lines to the tunnel, while his deputy assured that the necessary capacity would be ready by 2020.
A senator from the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, Filippo Lombardi, was impressed by the Italian assurances. “I’ve never before felt the desire and determination in Italy to support rail transport so strongly,” he said.
However, he warned that access ramps to the Gotthard had to be completely developed to cope with additional traffic. “Otherwise we’ll have a Formula 1 tunnel but the access routes will be like mule tracks.”
This is hardly surprising since Italy will profit a good deal from the tunnel when it opens in 2016 or 2017.
The Italian infrastructure minister said his country was gearing up for the increased traffic by improving access lines to the tunnel, while his deputy assured that the necessary capacity would be ready by 2020.
A senator from the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, Filippo Lombardi, was impressed by the Italian assurances. “I’ve never before felt the desire and determination in Italy to support rail transport so strongly,” he said.
However, he warned that access ramps to the Gotthard had to be completely developed to cope with additional traffic. “Otherwise we’ll have a Formula 1 tunnel but the access routes will be like mule tracks.”
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.