The tunnel will take thousands of the more than 2 million trucks that cross the pass every year off the roads.
  • Martj9@piefed.socialEnglish
    29·
    2 days ago

    while another running through Valle d’Aosta will reduce the transit time between fashion capitals Milan and Paris by 30%, with stops in Lyon and Susa

    Ok a lot of errors here.

    • This one will run through Valle di Susa (Valle d’Aosta is another region).
    • The stops between Milan and Paris will be at least Lyon and Turin, but hopefully not Susa, despite some ongoing chatter about it
  • Gamechanger@slrpnk.netEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    It was built to transport cargo through the Alps to reduce the amount of heavy trucks. Germany refuses to build their part of this project, there is not enough infrastructure to load the cargo and there is no economic incentive to do so. At least the tunnel is built, maybe it will be used to its potential sometimes in the (far) future…

    • e8d79@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      23·
      2 days ago

      Tirol is pretty tired of the trucks and I assume the tolls will rise sharply once the tunnel is ready. This will hopefully create the necessary economic incentives for Germany to built the infrastructure.

  • BenLeMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    This will be quite helpful for Italians looking to put another shrimp on the barbie or Ozzies with a hankering for some pizza e pasta. Quite the feat, really, building a tunnel to the other side of the world! 😁

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    Was the article regurgitated by AI? It seems to drift back and forth between the Brenner tunnel (beneath the alps between Austria and Italy) and a tunnel between France and Italy.

    • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Very likely. And it’s wrong - currently the only tunnel “broken through” is the maintenance tunnel in the middle. The actual tunnel tubes for the trains will take longer. And full opening is a decade away.

  • SpaceScotsman@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    “Envisioned as an important connecting vein that will one day see trains running from Helsinki, Finland, to Palermo, Sicily,”

    Surely the important connecting vein here is a link to Finland, on the other side of Europe and across the sea from Italy, but then I’m not a rail engineer so what do I know.