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As of 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is the third Swiss tunnel to bear this title, after the Gotthard Tunnel (15 km or 9.3 mi, 1882) and the Simplon Tunnel (19.8 km or 12.3 mi, 1905). [28] It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel.
This list is intended to give an overview of the main Alpine tunnels. As the list is "country" oriented, cross-border tunnels are listed twice (e.g. the Mont Blanc tunnel is listed under France and under Italy.) See separate article for a list of the longest tunnels in the world.
Longest tunnel of the Central Yunnan Water Diversion Project [93] Railway Twin Tube Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel: Cottian Alps, France/Italy 57,500 m (35.729 mi) 2032 [94] Part of the Lyon–Turin high-speed railway. Reconnaissance tunnels under construction since 2002; construction of main tunnel started in 2016. [95] Railway Twin Tube Brenner ...
At long last, the world?s longest?and deepest?tunnel lives in Switzerland.
After 17 years, the 35.5 mile train tunnel being called 'a masterpiece of timing, cost and policy' has finally opened.
The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) in length below the St Gotthard Pass, a major pass of the Alps. At time of construction, in 1980, it was the longest road tunnel in the world; it is currently the fifth ...
funicular railway, entirely in tunnel Furka Base Tunnel: 15.407: rail: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Furka–Oberalp line: with car transport Furka Summit Tunnel: 1.858: rail: Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway: superseded by the Furka Base Tunnel, now used by a heritage railway Giswil Tunnel: 2.066: road: A8 motorway: Girsberg Tunnel: 1.770: road: A7 ...
World's longest railway tunnels under construction. Name Location Length ... Southern Alps Tunnel [71] Japan 25.019 km (15.5 mi) 2027 Chūō Shinkansen