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Originally, there was going to be a station partway through the tunnel. It would've been 800 meters underground - the deepest in the world. It was scrapped as u
by phantom784 11y ago
Originally, there was going to be a station partway through the tunnel. It would've been 800 meters underground - the deepest in the world. It was scrapped as uneconomical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alpina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alpina
- Animats 11y agoThe station was actually built, but only as an emergency facility and to help with construction. It's reachable from the surface, but requires a horizontal trip on a mine train and then 800m vertical on a mine hoist. Stopping trains there interferes with traffic too much.