After twelve years of construction, the new Ceneri Base Tunnel will enter service in December 2020. The Gotthard Base Tunnel, which opened in 2016, vastly improved connections between the north and south of Switzerland; travel times will now be cut once again. Trains will take less than two hours between Zurich and Lugano, while 30 minutes will be shaved off journey times between Locarno and Lugano: exciting prospects for the future of public transport in Ticino, promising faster and more convenient travel. Indeed, the 15.4 km railway tunnel between Camorino and Vezia is an important milestone in terms of regional public transport in the canton. The inauguration of the Ceneri Base Tunnel marks the completion of the NRLA, which has been almost sixty years in the planning and implementation.