A TV cameraman taking pictures of an emergency vent at a multi-function and emergency stop station of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel during a media visit near the town of Sedrun yesterday. Crossing the Alps, the world’s longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016, consisting of two parallel single-track tunnels, each 57 kilometres long.

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