![]() TEE Gottardo passing through Cantù-Cermenate station, on the Milan–Chiasso line, in 1988 | |||||
Overview | |||||
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Service type | Trans Europ Express (TEE) (1961–88) EuroCity (EC) (1988–95) InterCity (IC) (1995–97) EuroNight (EN) (1997–2002) | ||||
Status | Discontinued | ||||
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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) | ||||
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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.