- Official name
- German : Gotthardtunnel , Italian : Galleria del San Gottardo
- Line
- Gotthard Line
- Location
- Traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif in the middle of the Swiss Alps
- System
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Start
- Göschenen , canton of Uri (north, 1,106 m or 3,629 ft)
- End
- Airolo , canton of Ticino (south, 1,145 m or 3,757 ft)
- Work began
- September 13, 1872 ( 1872-09-13 )
- Opened
- June 1, 1882 ( 1882-06-01 )
- Owner
- SBB CFF FFS
- Operator
- SBB Infrastructure
- Traffic
- railway
- Character
- passenger, freight