List of railway tunnels in Thuringia
This list contains all railway tunnels in Thuringia .
tunnel | length | Year of opening |
route | location |
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Bleßberg tunnel | 8,326 m | 2013 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | between Neuhaus and Eisfeld |
Silberberg tunnel | 7,407 m | 2014 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | near Großbreitenbach |
Finne tunnel | 6,886 m | 2011 (shell) | New Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line | at Rastenberg |
Fire control tunnel | 3,039 m | 1883 | Neudietendorf – Ritschenhausen railway line | between Gehlberg and Oberhof |
Brandkopf tunnel | 1,650 m | 2013 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Langewiesen |
Küllstedter Tunnel (closed) |
1,530 m | 1880 | Leinefelde – Treysa railway line ( Kanonenbahn ) | at Küllstedt |
Fleckberg tunnel | 1,465 m | 2013 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Katzhütte |
Augustaburg tunnel | 1,400 m | 2005 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | near Erfurt |
Sandberg tunnel | 1,320 m | 2004 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | near Ilmenau |
Baumleite tunnel | 1,317 m | 2011 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Schalkau |
Goldberg tunnel | 1,148 m | 2013 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Masserberg |
Masserberg tunnel | 1,051 m | 2013 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Masserberg |
Tunnel must | 745 m | 2010 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Schalkau |
Lohmeberg tunnel | 660 m | 2013 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Gehren |
Rehberg tunnel | 595 m | 2013 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Masserberg |
Tragberg tunnel | 550 m | 2010 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Langewiesen |
Förtha tunnel | 544 m | 1858 | Eisenach – Lichtenfels railway line (Werra Railway ) | between Eisenach and Förtha |
Behringen tunnel | 465 m | 2001 (shell) | High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt | at Stadtilm |
Altenburg tunnel dismantled 1957–1959 |
375 m | 1878 | Railway line Leipzig – Hof | between Altenburg and Paditz |
Mühlenberg II tunnel (closed) |
343 m | 1880 | Leinefelde – Treysa railway line (Kanonenbahn) | between Effelder and Großbartloff |
Entenberg Tunnel (closed) |
288 m | 1880 | Leinefelde – Treysa railway line (Kanonenbahn) | between Großbartloff and Lengenfeld under the stone |
Friedrichroda tunnel | 279 m | 1876 | Friedrichrodaer Bahn | between Waltershausen and Friedrichroda |
Lauschenstein tunnel | 275 m | 1912 | Coburg – Ernstthal railway on Rennsteig | between Lauscha and Ernstthal am Rennsteig |
Red temple tunnels | 270 m | 1893 | Zella-Mehlis – Wernshausen railway line | between Benshausen and Viernau |
Schlossberg tunnel Greiz | 270 m | 1875 | Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway line | between Neumühle and Greiz |
Rüßdorf tunnel | 264 m | 1875 | Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway line | between Berga / Elster and Neumühle |
Hainberg tunnel (closed) |
240 m | 1879 | Neumark – Greiz railway line | between Greiz Aubachtal and Greiz |
Zella tunnel | 233 m | 1883 | Neudietendorf – Ritschenhausen railway line | between Zella-Mehlis and Suhl |
Totenfels Tunnel | 221 m | 1897 | Oberlandbahn | between Bad Lobenstein and Blankenstein |
Weißenborn Tunnel (closed) |
204 m | 1911 | Bleicherode – Herzberg railway line | between Stöckey and Weißenborn-Lüderode |
Ronneburg tunnel |
200 m | 1968 | Gößnitz – Gera railway line | between Ronneburg and Gera-Kaimberg |
Heiligenberg Tunnel (closed) |
198 m | 1880 | Leinefelde – Treysa railway line (Kanonenbahn) | between Effelder and Großbartloff |
Hemmkoppen tunnel (closed) |
181 m | 1895 | Oberlandbahn | between Ziegenrück and Bad Lobenstein |
Mühlenberg-I-Tunnel (closed) |
155 m | 1880 | Leinefelde – Treysa railway line (Kanonenbahn) | between Küllstedt and Effelder |
Rothenthal tunnel | 139 m | 1875 | Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway line | between Greiz and Greiz-Dölau |
Red wall tunnel | 132 m | 1893 | Zella-Mehlis – Wernshausen railway line | between Zella-Mehlis and Benshausen |
Froschberg tunnel (closed) |
125 m | 1898 | Probstzella – Neuhaus railway line on Rennweg | between Ernstthal am Rennsteig and Probstzella |
Ziemß tunnel (closed) |
118 m | 1895 | Oberlandbahn | between Ziegenrück and Bad Lobenstein |
Mehlis tunnel | 118 m | 1893 | Zella-Mehlis – Wernshausen railway line | between Zella-Mehlis and Benshausen |
Harrasmühlen tunnel | 117 m | 1871 | Railway line Leipzig – Probstzella | between Neustadt and Pößneck |
Bretmühlen tunnel | 109 m | 1875 | Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway line | between Neumühle and Greiz |
Tunnel at compulsion | 105 m | 1883 | Neudietendorf – Ritschenhausen railway line | between Graefenroda and Gehlberg |
Ziegenrücker Tunnel (closed) |
105 m | 1894 | Oberlandbahn | between Auma and Ziegenrück |
Schüptitz tunnel (Valentinstunnel) dismantled in 1929 |
97 m | 1883 | Werdau – Mehltheuer railway line | between Loitsch - Hohenleuben and Schüptitz |
Schweinsbach Tunnel (closed) |
89 m | 1895 | Oberlandbahn | between Ziegenrück and Bad Lobenstein |
Hundsrück Tunnel (closed, cycle path) |
86 m | 1891 | Schmalkalder circular path | between Floh-Seligenthal and Kleinschmalkalden |
Hirschberg tunnel | 85 m | 1891 | Zella-Mehlis – Wernshausen railway line | between Altersbach and Schmalkalden |
Osterburg tunnel (Schloßberg tunnel) | 79 m | 1883 | Werdau – Mehltheuer railway line | between Weida Mitte and Weida Altstadt |
Zschachen-Mühlberg-Tunnel (closed) |
72 m | 1895 | Oberlandbahn | between Ziegenrück and Bad Lobenstein |
Weida Tunnel (Vipsburg Tunnel) | 71 m | 1883 | Werdau – Mehltheuer railway line | between Weida old town and Loitsch-Hohenleuben |
Lochgut tunnel | 59 m | 1875 | Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway line | between Wünschendorf and Berga / Elster |
See also
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