Editing Gotthard Base Tunnel (section)

===Passengers===
After the opening of the tunnel there was an increase in passengers crossing the trans-alpine line, with 2.3 million passengers in the first 8 months, an increase of 30% over the previous year.<ref name=swissinfo>{{cite news |title=Gotthard rail tunnel boosts north-south traffic by a third |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/railway-travel_gotthard-rail-tunnel-boosts-north-south-traffic-by-a-third/43382304 |author=swissinfo.ch/ug |date=2 August 2017 |newspaper=swissinfo.ch |publisher=SWI swissinfo.ch, a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR |location=Bern, Switzerland |access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref>

In August 2017, an average of 10,400 people crossed the tunnel daily. Train services from Italy to Switzerland through the line are expected to become faster from 2020,{{needs update |date=September 2021}} with the opening of the [[Ceneri Base Tunnel]], with an expected further increase in passenger numbers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Green |first=Anitra |newspaper= International Railway Journal |location=Falmouth, Cornwall, UK |publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. |title=Strong start for Gotthard Base Tunnel |url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/strong-start-for-gotthard-base-tunnel.html |date=4 August 2017 |access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref>
There are plans for a train service between [[Zürich]] and [[Milan]] with a journey time of 2:45 hours, down from 3:50 hours.<ref name=swissinfo/>