[note 3], The north portal lies in the north of the municipality of Erstfeld at an elevation of 460 m (1,510 ft), east of the Reuss. The Gotthard Base Tunnel is situated beneath 3000 m mountains (Discovery Communications, 2008) and spans the mountain massif across the ground floor. [12], The main purpose of the Gotthard Base Tunnel is to increase local transport capacity through the Alpine barrier, especially for freight, notably on the Rotterdam–Basel–Genoa corridor, and more specifically to shift freight volumes from trucks to freight trains. During and after the ceremony, people were tweeting almost frantically in their attempts to understand not just what it was about, but more importantly why the production was allowed to be so strange and in their opinions satanic. The dual purpose of this project is to provide a highspeed link for passengers between Germany in the North of Europe and Italy in the South of They stated that the central figure, a goat man, was the symbol for Satan. However, the Daily Mail explained, “the celebration strived to both thrill and offer a show of European solidarity.” Most people didn’t connect those dots. The station of Altdorf is planned to be served by 2021. The tunnel passes under these two ranges more than two kilometres (6,600 ft) below the Chrüzlistock (2,709 m (8,888 ft)) and the Piz Vatgira (2,983 m (9,787 ft), near the Lukmanier Pass). These symbols of the Apocalypse described in The Revelation of the Holy Bible were the tamest and most benign part of the entire production that quickly grew stranger and stranger. Biasca, south portal, 312 m (1,024 ft) a.s.l. At one point the goat man got in on the action. From the crest and border, the tunnel runs parallel to the small valley of the river Strem (Val Strem) before passing below Sedrun and the Anterior Rhine. From 1924, car transport on trains through the railway tunnel began. [12], Access to the Sedrun station site is by a level access tunnel 1 km (0.6 mi) long from the valley floor near Sedrun. [81], The number of projected trains per day was 180–260 freight trains and 50 (65 from 2020) passenger trains[5], After the opening of the tunnel there was an increase of passenger crossing the trans-alpine line, with 2.3 million passengers in the first 8 months, an increase of 30% over the previous year. The complete tunnel system consists of 153.3 km of access tunnels, shafts, railway tunnels, connecting galleries and auxiliary structures. Indeed, the Gotthard Tunnel ceremony is itself a childish attempt at thumbing statist noses at Jesus's cultural aesthetic and its power to weaken strong structures wherever its story spreads. AlpTransit Gotthard AG was responsible for construction. It opened on 1 June 2016, and full service began on 11 December 2016. There are plans for a train service between Zürich and Milan with a journey time of 2:45 hours, down from 3:50 hours. Sporting a pair of wings, the baby flew over nine dancers lying on the floor of the tunnel. Austin Ruse 7 Jun 2016. On 31 May 2016, a day before the inauguration, the nine people who died during construction were commemorated in a ceremony at the north portal in Erstfeld that was led by a Catholic vicar general, a vicar of the Evangelical-Reformed Church of Uri, a Jewish rabbi, and a Muslim imam. It's touted as a "must-see" dance [...], “The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.” -Conor McGregor. The safety requirements on the rolling stock will be similar to those of other long Swiss tunnels, including the ability for the emergency brake to be overridden. Measuring over 57 km and costing over 11 billion Euros, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is world’s longest and most expensive tunneling project in History. First, I do… Tunnel construction Fast and secure through the Alps Most every child has dreamed of being a superhero: strong, fast, and invincible. Thank you. The symbolism of the production might have been lost on some viewers who were unaware of the Swiss mythological origins; however, the majority of the people, at least those who took to the Internet to discuss it seemed to have figured out what was being conveyed. [3] As of 1998, the total projected cost of the project was CHF 6.323 billion; as of December 2015, the final cost is projected as CHF 9.560 billion. Images highlighting some of the more unusual moments of the opening ceremony for the Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland. The ceremony was broadcast across Europe, but again, most of the viewers were confused, perplexed and befuddled by the performance of 600 actors/dancers dressed in equally bizarre costumes. It is the shortest link between the navigable Rhine and the Po. Before modern transport, the traverse of the pass took days, and snow makes it a challenge in winter.[20]. From 2 August to 27 November 2016, the Swiss Federal Railways ran a special train service through the tunnel called "Gottardino" which was open to the public. This content was published on Jun 1, 2016 Jun 1, 2016 After 17 years of construction, the 57km (35.5 mile) Gotthard Base Tunnel has its official opening on Wednesday. On the historic track the Gotthard Railway only trains up to 1,300 t (1,400 short tons; 1,300 long tons)[25] when using two locomotives or up to 1,500 t (1,700 short tons; 1,500 long tons) with an additional bank engine at the end of the train are able to pass through the narrow mountain valleys and through spiral tunnels climbing up to the portals of the old tunnel at a height of 1,151 m (3,776 ft) above sea level. So you have to go deeply underground with them. References & Image Credits: (1) Daily Mail (2) BBC (3) TSW: Are UK Horse Mutilations Satanic Cults or Something Worse (4) Twitter (5) Google (6) RT (7) Photo Gotthard Base Tunnel, If you live near any large population center in the U.S., you'ver likely seen a billboard or advertisement about the Shen Yun dance production. It is just as occult and revolting. "[19] On average, the temperature is about 3 °C (5 °F) higher on the south side than the north side, but on some days, temperature differences are well over 10 °C (18 °F). The performance grew incredibly obscene when the goat man had sex with one of the other goat beasts and a woman who then gave birth to a mini-her; or did it represent a clone? From 1842 onwards, a daily course by the Gotthard Post, a stagecoach drawn by five horses with ten seats, still took about 23 hours from Como to Flüelen. Two women balanced on the railings taunting the men. The road between Göschenen and Airolo through the summit of the pass, comporting notably the Schöllenen ravine and the Tremola, had countless hairpin turns and serpentine curves, dropping 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in altitude. The opening ceremony of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland featured a “goat-man” that dies, is resurrected, is worshipped and is crowned as “the king of the world.” The “goat-man” that played such a key role in this performance bore a striking resemblance to Baphomet , which in recent decades has become one of the key symbols used to represent Satan in the occult community. The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) in length below the St Gotthard Pass, a major pass of the Alps.At time of construction, in 1980, it was the longest road tunnel in the world; it is currently the fifth-longest. [31], The final breakthrough in the east tube occurred on 15 October 2010 at 14:17 +02:00. Note the prevalence of coniferous trees and snow at the north portal and the absence of them at the south portal. Erstfeld, north portal, 460 m (1,510 ft) a.s.l. The link consists of two single-track tunnels connecting Erstfeld (Uri) with Bodio (Ticino) and passing below Sedrun (Grisons). Using Google to translate the interview, Hesse’s response was that he was raised Catholic and his earlier works were “very strong in politically confrontational environment.” He stated that he made a “Karl Marx Revue” and it “led to my sacking.”. With the completion in 1986 of the A2 motorway in the Valle Leventina, the huge valley leading from Airolo down to Bellinzona, and the surmounting of the Monte Ceneri between Bellinzona and Lugano in 1983, finally a continuous motorway was established from the northern border of Switzerland in Basel to the southern border in Chiasso, or the shortest motorway route from North-German Hamburg as far as South-Italian Sicilly, bringing down the competitiveness of the railway line. A fifth at Bodio was added later. [32] The final breakthrough in the west tube occurred on 23 March 2011 at 12:20. However, the ceremony showed a freed Satan that conquered the world and this upset many Christians (2). Perhaps those in attendance had a greater appreciation for the opening ceremony than the majority of online commenters. Some people believe the horses and trumpeting were both symbols of the four horsemen with the trumpets blown at the time each of the seven seals will be broken. As part of the backdrop to the outdoor production, a big screen showed a wide range of strange and odd images, such as a collection of eyes forming a vortex, Satan before he came onto the main stage, the tunnel being built and workers climbing up then plunging to their deaths and many other disturbing images. The opening ceremony for the Gotthard Base Tunnel will take place on the weekend of June 4 and 5, 2016. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). This is viewed as a revolution, especially in the isolated region of Ticino, which is separated from the rest of the country by the Alps and the Gotthard. As of 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It would last until 1921. The goal of both the laws is to transport trucks, trailers and freight containers through Switzerland, from Basel to Chiasso, and beyond by rail to relieve the overused roads, and that of the Gotthard in particular, by using intermodal freight transport and rolling highways (where the entire truck is transported). Since the opening date on 1 June 2016, between 130 and 160 trains on an average working day operated through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which in March 2019 marked the 100,000th transit. Excluding subway tunnels that lie near the surface. Re: Gotthard tunnel ILLUMINATI opening Ceremony by Lucifer on Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:18 pm Now that's what I call legit opening ceremony attractiv and innovative , instead we got that retard Guetta with his retard and depressing music. Some people claimed the production was an Illuminati ceremony; others declared it was a satanic ceremony and some pointed out it had pagan roots and wasn’t satanic at all (4). 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