High-speed rail in Switzerland

[2] To address transalpine freight and passenger bottlenecks on its roads and railways, Switzerland launched the Rail 2000 and NRLA projects.

The 35 km (22 mi) Lötschberg Base Tunnel opened in 2007 where New Pendolino trains run.

[citation needed] The fastest Swiss train is the SBB RABe 501, nicknamed Giruno (Romansh for Buzzard).

The French-Swiss co-operation TGV Lyria and German ICE lines extend into Switzerland, the ICE 4 regularly operates at a maximum of 200 km/h (125 mph) (between Olten and Bern), while the TGV never exceeds 160 km/h (100 mph), due to the lack of a high-speed track between Basel and Zurich.

The former Cisalpino consortium owned by the Swiss Federal Railways and Trenitalia used Pendolino tilting trains on two of its international lines.

SBB EuroCity entering the Gotthard Base Tunnel
Nodal points of Rail 2000
Rail map of Switzerland and surrounding countries
The NRLA project is the centerpiece of the Central European rail network.
SBB Giruno by Stadler
An 11-coach, 202 m long SBB RABe 501 Giruno in Erstfeld, after its first scheduled run for SBB, May 8, 2019.