It is also one of the most secure locations on the planet. It is a United States military base (a detachment from Edwards Air Force Base in CA) where no one knows whatâs occurring, except those that work there and the President.
The standard time at a crossing is 10 min., but after the 10 min. has exspired the train can move one car link forward or backwards and regain another 10 min.
Crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016. The project consists of two parallel single track tunnels, each of a length of 57 km (35 miles).REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann. Switzerland pulled out all the stops for Wednesday's inauguration.