A ten-kilometer traffic jam formed early Friday afternoon in front of the Gotthard north portal, heading south. Waiting time was around one hour and 20 minutes. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The slowdown in traffic between Erstfeld and Göschenen in canton Uri was due to traffic overload, according to information from the Touring Club Suisse (TCS) on the social media platform X. By 11 am, the traffic jam between Wassen and Göschenen in the canton of Uri had only reached one kilometre. The Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) had warned of traffic overload during the festive season. Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) also put more trains into service on the main routes and to popular winter vacation destinations. Translated from German by DeepL/jdp How we work This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools ...
