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)
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