Richard Sinniger, Prof. ETHL, dipl. Bauing.
Robert Fechtig, Prof. Dr. Ing. h.c., dipl. Ing. ETH

NRLA
New Railway Link through the Alps: A Swiss Pioneer Achievement

Though a small country, Switzerland possesses a unique collection of civil engineering constructions which, at the time of their realisation, quite often represented pioneering feats. This is not as surprising as it may seem, since life in Alpine regions often requires special routines and extra efforts by its population.
One of the most demanding challenges was and still is the crossing of the tremendous mountain ranges that separate the Northern from the Southern Europe, requiring enormous innovation efforts by civil engineers. Countless constructions of the past and present are spectacular testimony to their creative powers.
At the moment we are witnessing the most recent chapter of Swiss traffic history, the construction of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA). The present volume, based on the exhibition in the “Hänggiturm” of the year 2006, documents the tremendous efforts of the builders of this century-project.
The wide selection of pictures from the Gotthard and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel job sites, the audio-visual facilities and the historical tools were lent by the communication team of the AlpTransit Gotthard AG and the BLS Alp-Transit AG.

Contents:

• Traffic history of the Gotthard and the Lötschberg
• Bold plans
• Many questions
• Demanding planning
• Tunnel driving through the Alps
• Art of Civil Engineering
• On the way to the future

90 Pages

3 Illustrations (black and white)
52 Illustrations (colored)
124 Photos (colored)
5 Photos (duoton)

20,5 cm x 23 cm

Paperback

Original title: Neat – Eine Schweizer Pionierleistung
Language: english

german,  french