Due to a rock fall the Göthard Tunnel is closed until Friday 02 june
take a look at the site shown below,this also has a english site with some information but the majority is either in D;F;I ;
ALSO SHOWN IS THE TIMES THAT THE TUNNEL WILL BE CLOSED
when work is being carried out,so you can plan for rerouteing when you need to,
update- 2054hrs 01-06-06
the time given at present is 1200hrs 2nd june but check to see if the road has been given the all clear or not.
““ATTENTION””
ATTENTION ;the road was cleared for two hours to-day 2nd june but due to a new rockfall the route is closed and the reopening date time is not known,
also the border at chiasso is closedto lorrys at present,
use the site mentionedabove and also this site for the latest and upto date info
on the tunnel and route,
THESE sites are good and well worth makeing a note of when you usethis route or do drops in the SCHWEIZ
I was watching te swiss tele last night and they had a programme dealing
with the Göthard Tunnel and the problem of the rock fall,It seems that in other parts of thecswiss they use radar systems to work as a early warning system,
and this is what they are considering to use in the Göthard as well,The geoligist are checking the area out via helicopters and will decideing where the rockface will be cleared useing explosives.The San Bernidino Route is
due to the extra traffic at present haveing very long traffic jams,
For persons who have used the swiss as a short cut to Italy ,the trainservice at FRIEBURG may offer a better route,the only problem being that --““4:00M””
height due to the tunnels, the trains run regular and you can when you have booked the route also run at 42tn (you must ask when booking due to the
capacity for 42tns is only the first 6-8 trucks ),THE train comes inat NOVERA
in Italy which is about 30mins from Milan,
brit pete The reason for the rock fall is because of the strange weather. The snow melted & the water went into the cracks in the rocks. When it froze again the water expanded & caused fissures in the rocks. I have a good friend in Swiss that keeps me up to date. ( Dont take this the wrong way ,but if you are using Internet Explorer there is a handy little spellcheck you can use on any forum. Try ieSpell`…I do.) It goes into your Tools section & you drop it down when you need it . I hope a lot of other guys see this as well. & its free.
brit pete:
The trainservice at FRIEBURG may offer a better route,the only problem being that --““4:00M””
height due to the tunnels, the trains run regular and you can when you have booked the route also run at 42tn (you must ask when booking due to the
capacity for 42tns is only the first 6-8 trucks ),THE train comes inat NOVERA
in Italy which is about 30mins from Milan,
Could somebody give me a link to this train service please. Is it frieght only or does it take other traffic?
the service is for freight only at FREIBURG, if you wish to take a car there is a service from BASEL and also by the Gotthard is also a train service in operation,If you are going by car to Italy the San Bernadio route is openbut with the amount of traffic it is slow moveing ,If you are thinking of this route ,my tip would be to either cross the alps late at night or early morning when the traffic is not so heavy this is no problem for car users, The pass is snow free at present,
where are you headed for in Italy and what are you driveing,
“”“UP-DATE 6TH JUNE”“” The Tunnel will remain closed for the next THREE WEEKS,
If you use the 2nd site mentioned already in the posts from early ,this has a good route programme,which shows the best route to avoid the road closeures and other distractions which hamper road traffic,
To day posted on the TRUCK INFO SITE for Switzerland was the latest date given when the road and tunnel will(maybe) free for traffic to use at present the date is set for the END of JUNE;A ALTERNATIVE ROUTE HAS BEEN POSTED and is as follows
San Bernadino (Graubünden)
Simplon (Wallis)
Grosser st Bernhard Wallis
Lukrignier Pass Graubünden & Tessin
ALSO take note for those useing the Basel custom point /Border crossing
in JUNE are new rules for the use thereof ,there is onthe site Truck info.ch
all the relevant information,the link to this site is posted inthe opening post on
the Tunnel and its problems .this is well worth visiting and reading as the information given is up to date and will help you from getting caught out and perhaps also stuck in a traffic jam.
The swiss truck info site has a new up date ,the tunnel remains closed
until the rockface has been made safe,On the site are routes given which all trucks may use to bypass the dange area and so get into Italy,this siteis full of good info for the truckdriver.
To make that safe they will have to re-route the road. They were warned before they built it that that part of the mountain was unstable… That Tunnel will be not opening for sometime soon… If those two people hadn`t been killed they would have opened it the day after the rock fall.
brit pete What system is your PC on…? I have friend in Swiss who is Scottish. He was given an old PC. But its all in German. He wants to alter it. Is it possible…?
IT has been posted on the kanton site where the Gothard tunnel is that
the TUNNEL will be OPEN as of 30TH JUNE; unless any unforseen
problem crops up, hope this will please all those who transit the SWISS
for ITALY normaly.