Leoni, the leading provider
of cables and cable systems
to the automotive sector
and other industries, has now,
following completion of the
planning and testing phase,
delivered the first 350 km of
power cable for the Gotthard
Base Tunnel in Switzerland.
This will be installed in the
western tube of the section
from Bodio to Faido of the
world's longest railway tunnel.
Leoni supplied the first shipment
by train directly to the Gotthard
tunnel. In the months
ahead the various readyassembled
power cables,
which have an overall length of
350 kilometres, will be laid in
the 16.6 km section between
the two towns in the Ticino canton
of Switzerland. A further
2000 km of cable will be supplied
over the next four years.
Wiring of the Gotthard Base
Tunnel is one of the
company's largest
contracts outside the
automotive industry.
Leoni expects the
project to generate
sales of about €59 million
over its term of
around six years.
The world's longest
railway tunnel stretching 57
km will significantly improve
travel and transport options
across the Alps and will go
into operation on schedule in
2017. Whereas the journey
from Zurich to Milan at present
still takes 3 hours and 40
minutes with a Cisalpino tilting
train, this travel time is
likely be an hour shorter
from 2017.