Gottardo (train)

Route map
	Route of the TEE Gottardo in summer, 1974–79

Gottardo
	TEE Gottardo passing through Cantù-Cermenate station, on the Milan–Chiasso line, in 1988
Overview
Service type	Trans Europ Express (TEE); (1961–88); EuroCity (EC); (1988–95); InterCity (IC); (1995–97); EuroNight (EN); (1997–2002)
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Switzerland; Italy
First service	1 July 1961
Last service	15 June 2002
Former operator(s)	SBB-CFF-FFS,; Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)
Route
Termini	Zurich HB; Milano Centrale (Rome after 1997)
Distance travelled	293 km (182 mi); (Zürich–Milano)
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	1961–88: First class only; 1988–2002: First and second class
Catering facilities	Restaurant
Technical
Rolling stock	RAe TEE II-type EMU trainsets (1961–94, but reclassified as RABe EC, with two classes, in 1988/89)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	15 kV AC, 16.7 Hz; (Basel/Zürich–Chiasso); 3 kV DC (Chiasso–Milano)
Route map
Route map
	Route of the TEE Gottardo in summer, 1974–79

The Gottardo was an express train that, for most of its existence, linked Zurich, Switzerland, with Milan, Italy. Introduced in 1961, it was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) until 1988, then becoming a EuroCity service and finally a EuroNight service – on a longer route, to Rome – before being discontinued in 2002. The train followed the Gotthard railway and was named for the line, using the Italian spelling for it, Ferrovia del Gottardo.