This is what Swiss Federal Railway company SBB says.

According to SBB forecasts, it was not until the month of September 2024 that trains of travelers and goods can circulate again.

Without restrictions in the basic tunnel of the Holy Gothard. The derailment of a freight train on 10 August 2023 caused much greater damage than what had been initially imagined. Repair work will therefore take much more time than expected. SBBs intend to increase the capacities for the weekly traffic, and for travelers traffic on weekends, from the schedule of schedule of 10 december2023. SBB informs the media at regular intervals about the progress of the work.

Update of November 223, 10:00 am

According to the SBB forecasts, it will be necessary to wait for the current of September 2024 that trains of travelers and goods can again circulate without restrictions in the basic tunnel of the Saint-Gothard. The derailment of a freight train on 10 August 2023 caused much greater damage than what was initially imagined: the railway must indeed be fully replaced over 7kilometers. Repair work will therefore take much more time than expected. According to information available currently, the damage will generate costs between 100 and 130 million francs. CFFs study possible solutions to accelerate the work in order to be able to restore entirely to the longest rail tunnel in the world as soon as possible. They intend to circulate much more and faster trains of travelers than today in the tunnel as soon as the schedule is changed.

Since the derailment of a freight train on the 10th-August 2023, SPFs have advanced the work in the basic tunnel of the Saint-Gothard at a sustained pace. Each day, up to 80 collabors and employees of SBB and third -party companies work intensely in the tunnel and under difficult conditions. It was thanks to this flawless commitment that goods traffic was able to resume very quickly via the tube, remained intact. Since the end of September, some travelers can also borrow the longest rail tunnel in the world again on weekends.

After the major clearing and repair work, the SBBs have taken stock, in recent weeks, on the damage caused by the derailment of the freight train in the basic tunnel of the Saint-Gothard. According to information available currently, they believe that damage will generate costs between 100 and 130 million francs, including a shortage of winning. SBB has insurance for this type of event. Longer repair work due to more serious damage than expected

The damage caused by the accident is much more serious than what was initially imagined. The railroad must be fully replaced over 7kilometers. Being content to repair the many damaged places would be insufficient. It is therefore necessary to change the rails on all this section, as well as more than 20000blochets (half-transverse), the concrete slab in which they are sunk, but also the damaged diagonal door, high-speed two-alike , as well as many other determining equipment for safety and exploitation.

The repair work will therefore take much more time than what had been initially planned. In the current state of knowledge, SBBs think that the two stubes of the Basic Tunnel of the Holy Gothard can be fully usable again only in the month of September 2024.

The longest rail tunnel in the world and key connection on the North-South axis, the Basic Tunnel of the Holy Gothard is of great importance for Switzerland and Europe. SBB are aware that the situation will be very restrictive for travelers and travelers as well as for freight businesses until the full delivery, and thank them for their understanding and patience. They study all possible solutions to accelerate the work in order to be able to put the basic tunnel entirely in service as soon as possible.

The furrows will be distributed according to a meticulous assessment of all needs.

In order to distribute the furrows via the basic tunnel of the Saint-Gothard during the repair work, the SBB carried out an in-depth reflection with the representatives of the branch of freight traffic, the rail transport companies of travelers and the independent service of allocation of furrows. The different needs of the work as well as traveler and goods traffic are thus taken into account as far as possible, as well as the tense situation as well as the complex processes linked to the international logistics of transit traffic and corresponding terminals.