Wassen (elevation 930 m) is a small village in the canton of Uri with a population of 400. You can take the bus 401 from Erstfeld.
Göschenen (elevation 1.110) has a population of about 450 people. Here are the northern entrances of the old railway tunnel and the road tunel. Treno Gottardo stops in Göschenen.
Distance from Wassen to Göschenen is about 5 km.
The A2 Gotthard motorway is the main connection between Zurich and Basel in the north to Lugano and Milan (Italy) in the south. The Gotthard road tunnel is the reason for many traffic jams, because it is a biderectional tube with only 2 lanes. The speed limit is 80 km/h. The length of the tunnel is 16,9 km.
The Gutthard tunnel traffic jam is worst on weekends in summer. The traffic jam could reach 10 to 15 km and the waiting time is 1 to 2 hours. To avoid the traffic jam in the summer you could leave the A2 motorway at Amsteg and drive to Andermatt and from here over the Gotthard pass (elevation 2107) to Airolo. You can’t do this in winter - the pass is closed from end of october to may!
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