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Is there a time delay during tunnelling?

A particle hitting a square potential barrier can tunnel through it to get to the other side and carry on. Is there a time delay in this process?
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How to solve Schrodinger Equation - Tunnelling

I have to solve analitically the Schrodinger equation in one-dimension with a barrier of potential (tunnel effect): $$ih \frac{d}{dt} U(x,t) = \left[ \left(-h^2 \frac{d^2}{dx^2} \right) + q V(x) ...