Tour of the Lötschberg base tunnel

Lötschberg base tunnel

Offer for individual travellers

Visiting programme

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BLS Intervention Centre with the fire-fighting and rescue train and a 1:300 model of the base tunnel

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North portal and the intervention stairs («Europe's widest staircase»)

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Drive into the tunnel system by minibus, visit to the Mitholz operations centre, trial route at a scale of 1:1, and exclusive view of the rail tunnel through a special window

Meeting point: BLS Intervention Centre,
Parallelstrasse 9, 3714 Frutigen
Time: 2012: 13.30 – 16.30 hours
Equipment: Sturdy footwear;
hard hats and jackets will be provided
Children: From 12 years accompanied by parents (free of charge)
Please note: participants in the guided tour need to be in good physical condition as the walk in the tunnel covers a distance of 1.5 km (i.e. just under a mile).

» Offer for groups

Price per person

10 or more participants CHF 20.00
28 participants
maximum

Dates 2012 (German)

Wednesday, 22 February
Wednesday, 21 March
Wednesday, 25 April
Wednesday, 23 May
Wednesday, 13 and 27 June
Wednesday, 4/11/18 and 25 July
Wednesday, 8 and 22 August
Wednesday, 5 and 19 September
Wednesday, 3 and 17 October
Wednesday, 21 November

Further information and booking

BLS Netz AG
Therese Klossner
Parallelstrasse 9
3714 Frutigen

Tel. +41 (0)58 327 28 07
Fax +41 (0)58 327 39 79      » Mail
(Tuesday lunchtime until Thursday evening)