Tunnel portal Vereina North in Klosters-Selfranga

View of the tunnel construction place shortly before the application of the tunnel drilling machine. At this time the first 2,100 m were broken off in a conventional way with explosives.

Building site Vereina South in Sagliains

The sight changed completely up to the year 1999: The visible tube on the right today covers the road and underruns the area of Sagliains station. This was created on a level made of outbreak material from the tunnel.

Service locomotives Gmf 4/4 242 and 243 in Sagliains

Welding the last rail in Selfranga

The Minister for the Transport, Moritz Leuenberger (l.), and the director of the Rhaetian railway, Silvio Fasciati, are observing the symbolic welding of the last rail joint. By the way: The gap was sawed into the rail shortly before the ceremony...

The official push of the start button

The Minister for the Transport, Moritz Leuenberger and the chairman of the board, Dr. Georg Vieli (r.), are releasing the travel through the tunnel by a symbolic push of the "start button".

Opening train leaves the Vereina tunnel

With loud honking the first train leaves the Vereina tunnel.

"Tunnel magic" in the crossing station

During the initialization celebrations from November 19th to 21st the visitors could watch a video and laser show in the middle of the Vereina tunnel The picture shows the sight of the laser show from one of the autocarriages.

Moritz Leuenberger and Dr. Leon Schlumpf

Two politicans, who have supported the Vereina tunnel: The Minister of Transport, Moritz Leuenberger, (l.) and his predecessor Dr. Leon Schlumpf on front of the Vereina south portal in Sagliains.

Car shuttle train drawn by Ge 4/4 III 648

The locomotive is decorated with photos of nearly all RhB employees.

"Neva Retica"- shuttle train with BDt 1752

Each train Landquart- Scuol is equipped with one of the new coaches BDt 1751-1758, buitl in 1999.