List of tunnels in the Alps
In the Alps there is a large number of tunnels. They have the advantage that progress is faster and must not cross a narrow, winding mountain roads and a safe winter transition is possible. This list is intended to give an overview of the Alpine tunnels.
A " list of the longest tunnel in the earth " is here.
- 5.1 Longest Tunnel
- 5.2 Other famous tunnel
Germany
- Border Tunnel feet
France
- Mont- Cenis Tunnel (Rail) and Fréjus Road Tunnel
- Mont Blanc tunnel ( tunnel )
- Tenda tunnels ( road and rail )
- Col de Tende Road Tunnel ( one of the oldest road tunnels of great length, 3.2 miles)
- Buco di Viso ( mule track, oldest tunnel in the Alps, 1480)
Italy
- Mont- Cenis Tunnel (Rail) and Fréjus Road Tunnel
- Gran San Bernardo / Great Saint Bernard (road tunnels, 1964)
- Mont Blanc tunnel (road tunnels, 1965)
- Simplon tunnel ( Train Tunnel, 1905)
- Tenda tunnels ( road and rail )
- Munt la Shera ( road tunnel )
- Col de Tende Road Tunnel ( one of the oldest road tunnels of great length, 3.2 miles)
- Buco di Viso ( mule track, oldest tunnel in the Alps )
Austria
Vorarlberg
- Achrain ( 3,340 m)
- Amberg tunnel ( 2,978 m)
- Arlberg Road Tunnel ( 13,972 m)
- Arlberg Tunnel ( 10,648 m, railway tunnel )
- Long tunnel ( 2,433 m)
- Letzetunnel ( 2,612 m, in planning)
- Pfändertunnel ( 6,718 m)
Tirol
- Arlberg Road Tunnel ( 13,972 m)
- Arlberg Tunnel ( 10,648 m, railway tunnel )
- Brandberg tunnel ( 2,130 m)
- Felbertauerntunnel ( 5,304 m)
- Inntaltunnel ( 12,696 m, the rail tunnel for freight transport)
- Harpfnerwandtunnel ( 2,590 m)
- Landecker Tunnel ( 6,955 m)
- Lermooser tunnel ( 3,168 m)
- Perjentunnel ( 2,993 m)
- Pianner / square shear - tunnel
- Tunnel Radfeld- Jenbach ( 15,990 m, railway tunnel )
- Roppener tunnel ( 5,095 m)
- Tunnel Stans- Terfens ( 10,570 m, railway tunnel )
- Strenger Tunnel ( 5,851 m)
- Tschirganttunnel ( 4,310 m, in planning)
- Zammer tunnel ( 2,335 m, railway tunnel )
- Zammer tunnel ( 1,090 m)
Salzburg
- Felbertauerntunnel ( 5,304 m, 1967)
- Ofenauer tunnel ( 1,390 m)
- Hieflertunnel ( 2,004 m)
- Katschberg tunnel ( 5,439 m, 1974)
- Schmitt tunnel ( 5,111 m)
- Schoenberg tunnel ( 2,988 m)
- Tauern Tunnel (motorway) ( 6,401 m, 1975)
- Tauern Tunnel (railway) ( 8,550 m, 1906)
Carinthia
- Ehrentalerberg ( 3,345 m)
- Gräberntunnel ( 2,148 m)
- Karawankentunnel (railway) ( 7,976 m)
- Karawankentunnel (highway ) ( 7,864 m)
- Koralmtunnel ( 32,900 m, railway tunnel under construction)
- Katschberg tunnel ( 5,439 m)
- Oswaldiberg ( 4,307 m)
Upper Austria
- Bartl Cross tunnel (2,000 m)
- Bosrucktunnel ( 5,500 m)
- Geißwandtunnel ( 2,102 m)
- Klaus tunnel ( 2,144 m)
- Lainberg ( 2,278 m)
- Pfaffenboden tunnel ( 3,430 m)
- Speringtunnel ( 2,852 m)
- Under Next villages Tunnel ( 4,500 m, in planning)
Lower Austria
- Semmering summit tunnel ( 3,489 m)
- Wienerwald Tunnel ( 13,350 m, railway tunnel )
Styria
- Bosrucktunnel ( 5,500 m)
- Falkenberg tunnel ( 3,000 m, in planning)
- Ganzstein - Semmering tunnel ( 3,489 m)
- Ganzstein tunnel ( 2,135 m)
- Gleinalmtunnel ( 8,320 m)
- Gratkorn tunnel north and south ( 635 m / 660 m, 798 m / 786 m)
- Herzogenberg tunnel ( 2,007 m)
- Koralmtunnel ( 32,900 m, railway tunnel under construction)
- Plabutschtunnel ( 9,919 m)
- Pretallerkogeltunnel (446 m / 535 m)
- Schartnerkogeltunnel ( 1,167 m / 1,232 m)
- Selzthaltunnel ( 1010 m / 964 m)
- Spital tunnel ( 2,597 m)
- Tanzenbergtunnel ( 2,523 m)
- Bruck tunnel ( 1237 m / 1250 m)
- Tunnel composting man (400 m)
- Forest tunnel ( 2,924 m)
Vienna
- Lainzer Tunnel ( 12,800 m, railway tunnel )
- Wienerwald Tunnel ( 13,350 m, railway tunnel )
Switzerland
See also: List of Swiss tunnel
Longest tunnel
- Gotthard Base Tunnel ( railway tunnel under construction by 2016, 57 km)
- Lötschberg base tunnel ( Train Tunnel, 34.6 km )
- Simplon tunnel ( Train Tunnel, 19.8 km )
- Vereina tunnel ( narrow gauge railway tunnel with car, 19 km)
- Gotthard Road Tunnel ( tunnel, 16.9 km )
- Ceneri Base Tunnel ( railway tunnel under construction by 2016, 15.4 km )
- Furka Base Tunnel ( narrow gauge railway tunnel with car transportation, 15.4 km )
- Gotthard tunnel ( Train Tunnel, 15.0 km, 1882)
- Lötschberg tunnel ( Train Tunnel, 14.6 km, 1913)
- Zimmerberg Base Tunnel ( railway tunnel, 9.4 km )
- Seelisbergtunnel (road tunnels, 9.2 km )
- Ricken tunnel ( Train Tunnel, 8.6 miles)
Other well-known tunnel
- San Bernardino (road tunnels, 6.6 km, 1967)
- Great Saint Bernard (road tunnels, 5.9 km, 1964)
- Albula Tunnel ( narrow gauge railway tunnel, 5.9 km )
- Furka summit tunnel ( narrow gauge heritage railway tunnel, 1.9 km, 1916)
Slovenia
- Karawankentunnel ( highway)
- Karawankentunnel (railway)