For all passengers – international and domestic alike – this new north-south axis will offer shorter times, more services and state-of-the-art trains.
For all passengers – international and domestic alike – this new north-south axis will offer shorter times, more services and state-of-the-art trains. For Ticino, the Ceneri base tunnel heralds a new era. Thanks to massively shorter journey times in the Bellinzona-Locarno-Lugano triangle, public transport in Ticino will experience a quantum leap. The tunnel will also generate positive economic and social effects in Ticino and in neighbouring Lombardy.
Improvements in passenger services thanks to the Ceneri base tunnel – a summary.
Compared to the existing Ceneri line ("mountain" route), the Ceneri base tunnel will cut journey time by some 15 minutes (Zurich to Lugano, for example, will now take less than two hours).
International passenger services will see the journey time from Zurich to Milan reduced to 3 hours 17 minutes (a journey time of around 3 hours is the aim).
Around 30 rather than 60 minutes for services between Locarno and Lugano
Around 15 rather than 30 minutes for services between Bellinzona and Lugano
TILO (Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia) will continue to serve the Ceneri mountain route every half hour.
The RegioExpress will provide continuous hourly services between Locarno and Lugano, and between Bellinzona, Lugano and Milan.
E.g. new Gotthard Giruno trains and new TILO Flirt units.
