Jaman tunnel
| Jaman tunnel | ||||
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 Tunnel entrance on the western side at Jor
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| use | railroad | |||
| traffic connection | Montreux – Lenk in the Simmental | |||
| place | under the Col de Jaman | |||
| length | 2424 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| completion | 1903 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| West portal | 563667 / 144915 | |||
| East portal | 566091 / 145007 | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Jaman Tunnel ( French tunnel de Jaman ) is a 2424 meter long, single-lane, narrow-gauge railway tunnel in the Swiss western Alps. The tunnel, opened in 1903, is the most important structure of the Montreux – Berner Oberland Railway (MOB), ( French : Chemin de fer Montreux-Oberland bernois), which is of particular tourist interest.
The tunnel lies in a straight line and is located at a height of approx. 1100 meters between the Les Cases station in the canton of Friborg and Jor near Les Avants in the canton of Vaud , on the Montreux - Château-d'Oex section . The tunnel, which runs almost in a west-east direction, crosses under the 1512 meter high Col de Jaman alpine pass . Its surroundings are of a pre-Alpine character.
View from the tunnel towards the Jor stop
Video at the west portal of the tunnel with train passage
Web links
- Tunnel de Jaman: 105 ans , histoireferroviaire.wordpress.com (French).