Herzstück Basel is a planned underground rail tunnel through the

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city of

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Background

Planned since the 1980s, Herzstück Basel would provide a more direct connection between

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and

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via two new underground stations, "Basel Mitte" and "Basel Klybeck". Currently, trains between the two stations take a meandering route through the city. In 2019, the cost of the project was estimated to be 3.2 billion

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s. The cantons of

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and

Basel-Landschaft Canton of Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country, informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; ; ; ; ), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital city is Liestal. It is traditional ...

have provided 30 million Swiss francs to fund a study into the proposal.

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