The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway base tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened on 1 June 2016 with full service to begin in December 2016. It also had a very dark and demonic opening ceremony to mark the occasion. ON JUNE 1, 2016, 17 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST BLAST IN THE MAIN SHAFT, THE WORLD'S LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL OFFICIALLY OPENED. "And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit." Revelation 9:2 (KJV) First we will give you the facts and figures, then the spiritual implications of this incredible spectacle. We have seen lots of wacky end times stuff in the 7 years we have been running NTEB, but this is truly off the charts. The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway base tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened on 1 June 2016 with full service to begin in December 2016. With a route length of 57.09 km (35.5 mi) and a total of 151.84 km