Ten-kilometre traffic jam at Swiss Gotthard tunnel
The traffic in front of the north portal of the Gotthard road tunnel was backed up for ten kilometres between Erstfeld and Göschenen on Monday afternoon.
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This meant a waiting time of one hour and 40 minutes.
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This was announced by the Touring Club Switzerland (TCS) via the short message service X.
Traffic jams had already formed over a length of around ten kilometres in front of both portals of the Gotthard road tunnel at the weekend on both Saturday and Sunday.
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