Thirty-nine people died last year in the 7.4-mile (12-kilometer) Mont Blanc tunnel linking France and Italy after a truck caught fire. And last month, 155 people were killed when a train carrying ...

Officials warned it could be months before the Gotthard can be reopened, compounding transport problems Italy already faced due to the closure of another tunnel through the Alps - the Mont Blanc ...

The 39 deaths caused by a fire in the Mont-Blanc tunnel on March 24, 1999, reinforced this decision. Since then, things have progressed, and there have been a number of political developments on ...