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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Key Swiss rail tunnel damaged by derailment won't fully reopen until next September

' KEYSTONE / URS FLUEELER

Switzerland’s national rail operator said Thursday the world’s longest rail tunnel won't be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment.

The Swiss federal railway operator, known by its German-language acronym SBB, said the damage from the Aug. 10 derailment in the Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland’s main north-south rail thoroughfare, is “much more significant than first imagined.”

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