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The Brenner Base Tunnel (German: Brennerbasistunnel; Italian: Galleria di base del Brennero) is a 55-kilometre-long (34 mi) railway tunnel under construction through the base of the Eastern Alps beneath the Brenner Pass.
Name Location Length Expected completion Line Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel [66]: France/Italy (Cottian Alps) 57.5 km (35.7 mi) 2032 [67]: Lyon Turin Ferroviaire: Brenner Base Tunnel
Relative location and size of Gotthard Tunnel (1882) and Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016), both shown in yellow. Open-air rail shown in red. As early as 1947, engineer Eduard Gruner imagined a two-story base tunnel from Amsteg to Biasca, both rail and road, with a stop at Sedrun, to provide a faster and flatter passage through the Swiss Alps.
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 ...
The Brenner Base Tunnel, scheduled to be completed in 2025, would divert all freight rail traffic between Fortezza/Franzensfeste and Innsbruck via a tunnel underneath Brenner. Local traffic between Fortezza, Brenner and Innsbruck would continue with additional capacity being released on this railway section.
Pages in category "Railway tunnels in Austria" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Brenner Base Tunnel; K. Karawanks Tunnel (railway)
The following are the main paved road passes across the Alps. Main indicates on the main chain of the Alps, from south west to east.Passes on subsidiary ranges are listed where the ridge leaves the main chain – N/W indicates north or west of the main chain, S/E on the south or east side.
Name Location Length Expected completion Line Mont d'Ambin base tunnel [6]: France/Italy (Cottian Alps) 57.5 km (35.7 mi) 2029 [7]: Lyon Turin Ferroviaire: Brenner Base Tunnel