The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland is 57km long: and I think its greatest piece of safety equipment is nowhere near the tunnel itself.
■ Thanks to Swiss Federal Railways https://www.sbb.ch/ – drone filming near the tracks was specially approved with railway staff.
■ For tours into the Gotthard Tunnel and to the visitors’ window, see Uri Tourism: https://www.uri.swiss/de/erleben/seilbahn-eldorado-uri/eisenbahn/gotthard-tunnel-erlebnis/
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This was originally meant to be filmed in April 2020. Two and a half years later: I finally made it.
And now I've added the Gotthard Tunnel Experience to my want to visit list
I only wish this kind of thought could be possible in the United States
Have you ever heard of the 99 percent invisible podcast? I really think you'd be a great guest on there!!
I’ve been through a Swiss tunnel driving a coach, always amused me watching the temperature rise to 40+ on the passenger display, then dropping by 30 degrees after you exit.
40 degrees?? while i’m here drinking tea in 50 degree afternoon😂
And in the US we still have what? a 100 year old rail system. sighs
10 years to go (probably) until the title is outdated.
How does the railway make any money with all this state of the art stuff all on standby? How much is a ticket? $5000
The control station has some peak Brutalism aesthetic.
I also got hard bass
Tom, this is hands down one of the best and most interesting videos about the SBB I have seen…I say that as a Swiss 🙂 Very brief, yet concise and full of interesting stuff. Very well done!
Switzer quality 😉😎
i find it so exciting how Tom always shows us new and interesting topics. That's so exciting. Thanks for the great videos
Walking through that tunnel would take more than 10 hours…
Imagine minding your own business on a train going 230 km/h 2 kilometers underground with no clear sky for 25 kilometers in either direction and in the corner of your eye you see a flash of Tom Scott grinning.
they said multiple trains follow each other in the tunnel, so what happens if the train ahead of you catches fire ? we'd have to reverse at full speed to let the firefighter train go in ? i'm not even sure train conductors can just reverse without changing to the other locomotive 🤔
it's neat that computers live in a different time frame than us where we can do things like examine the dimensions of every train car, or every grain of rice or bean..things that would be insane to ask a person to do
"Without ventilation, the air temperature will be more than 40 degrees.."
Laughs in 50 degree celsius weather
Turn left 25k's in and you are in Khazad-dum. Maybe.
What wireless mic are you using?
Cool it's right in front of my house 😉
I travel in that tunnel twice a week, it really reduced the time needed to go from southern Switzerland to Zurich
Does anyone else think Thunderbird's when the fire train is shown
2:11 "That was terrifying." I want to imagine standing there with the lights of the tunnel being turned off… Completely dark… You see train lights in the far distance, maybe 6-7 kms away coming closer in about 2 minutes, you hear a roaring and literally a scary howling sound that is caused by the train pushing the air ahead at sound speed… Now THAT must be terrifying… 😰
Nahh tf my uncle in a machine jajaja
Really?
Got-hard?
Not even Got-thard?
I certainly "Gotthard" watching this video, if you catch my drift..
As an American, this just makes me wish all the more that we had a train system.
This tunnel is the width of my whole country.
Sir, you share knowledge and show us our value in this universe ❤️
I'm confused. 6 frieght trains and two passengers trains per hour. But he then says there's 200 Alarms a day? How? That's 8 trains an hour. I feel like he mispoke somewhere, but I can't tell where.
The smartest British person
I don't know why this is but anything built underground is 1000x cooler to me
Traxx departing at 0:52
That is one cool hole
POV I’ve now been somewhere featured in a Tom Scott video
Thanks for very details. I would love to visit one day for sure
do you know if this preventative approach is present in the UK too?
"gotthard" who the hell named this place
Big SO to SBB for this view, and Damn well explained Tom! Switzerland is my favorite country and its THE Best railway network in the world.
These recent technology vids are truly amazing.
Xmas train FTW. Santa's non flying ride
Makes me proud to be swiss;)