Work on the 16 km-long Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse (CEVA) rail link commenced on 15.11.2011 to provide a 20 minute connection between Cornavin station (Geneva) and Annemasse municipality in France with five new stations at Lancy-Pont-Rouge, Carouge-Bachet, Champel-Hopital, Geneve-Eaux-Vives and Chene-Bourg. The line will run for 2 km in France and 14 km in Switzerland, and includes 3.6 km of covered trenches and the tunnels Pinchat (2,036 m) and Champel (1,630 m) let to Walo Bertschinger SA (Zurigo) and consortium Marti Tunnelbau AG/Marti Construction SA (Ginevra). The job will take six years, four for construction and two for equipping. Work is getting underway along the line in Switzerland with the exception of the Champel tunnel, which is suspended while complaints by local residents are resolved. The line is expected to be in service in 2017. Click ch/40. Visit www.ceva.ch. 05/12.