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Ten-kilometre traffic jam at Swiss Gotthard tunnel

Traffic jam in front of the Gotthard north portal reaches a length of ten kilometers
Traffic jam in front of the Gotthard north portal reaches a length of ten kilometres Keystone-SDA

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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