List of alpine tunnels
There are a large number of tunnels in the Alps . They have the advantage that you can progress faster, do not have to cross narrow and winding mountain passes and a winter-safe transition is possible. This list is intended to give an overview of the Alpine tunnels.
Germany
- Füssen border tunnel (1284 m)
- Farchant Tunnel (2390 m)
- Oberau tunnel (2971 m)
France
- Mont Cenis tunnel (rail) and Fréjus road tunnel
- Mont Blanc tunnel (road tunnel)
- Tenda tunnels ( road and rail)
- Col de Tende road tunnel (one of the oldest long road tunnels, 3.2 km)
- Buco di Viso (mule track, oldest tunnel in the Alps , 1480)
Italy
- Mont Cenis tunnel (rail) and Fréjus road tunnel
- Gran San Bernardo / Grosser St. Bernhard (road tunnel , 1964)
- Mont Blanc Tunnel (road tunnel , 1965)
- Simplon Tunnel (rail tunnel , 1905)
- Tenda tunnels (road and rail)
- Col de Tende road tunnel (one of the oldest long road tunnels, 3.2 km)
- Buco di Viso (mule track, oldest tunnel in the Alps)
Austria
See also : List of tunnels in Austria
Vorarlberg
- Achrain tunnel (3,340 m)
- Ambergtunnel (2,978 m)
- Arlberg road tunnel (13,972 m)
- Arlberg tunnel (10,648 m, rail tunnel)
- Langentunnel (2,433 m)
- Pfänder tunnel (6,718 m)
Tyrol
- Arlberg road tunnel (13,972 m)
- Arlberg tunnel (10,648 m, rail tunnel)
- Brandberg Tunnel (2,130 m)
- Felbertauern tunnel (5,304 m)
- Fernpass tunnel (1,360 m, in planning)
- Inntal tunnel (12,696 m, rail tunnel for goods traffic only)
- Harpfnerwandtunnel (2,590 m)
- Landecker Tunnel (6,955 m)
- Lermoos tunnel (3,168 m)
- Munster tunnel (15,990 m, rail tunnel)
- Perjentunnel (2,993 m)
- Pianner / Quadratscher Tunnel (1,545 m)
- Roppener Tunnel (5,095 m)
- Strict tunnel (5,851 m)
- Terfner tunnel (15,840 m, rail tunnel)
- Tschirgant tunnel (4,310 m, in planning)
- Zammer Tunnel (2,335 m, rail tunnel)
- Zammer Tunnel (1,090 m)
Salzburg
- Felbertauern tunnel (5,304 m, 1967)
- Ofenauer Tunnel (1,390 m)
- Hieflertunnel (2,004 m)
- Katschberg Tunnel (5,439 m, 1974)
- Schmittentunnel (5,111 m)
- Schönberg Tunnel (2,988 m)
- Tauern tunnel (motorway) (6,401 m, 1975)
- Tauern tunnel (railway) (8,550 m, 1906)
Carinthia
- Ehrentalerberg (3,345 m)
- Gräbern Tunnel (2,148 m)
- Karawanken tunnel (railway) (7,976 m)
- Karawanken tunnel (motorway) (7,864 m)
- Koralm tunnel (32,900 m, railway tunnel under construction)
- Katschberg Tunnel (5,439 m)
- Oswaldibergtunnel (4,307 m)
- Kroislerwandtunnel (680 m)
Upper Austria
- Bartl Cross Tunnel (2,000 m)
- Bosruck tunnel (5,500 m)
- Geißwand tunnel (2,102 m)
- Claustunnel (2,144 m)
- Lainberg Tunnel (2,278 m)
- Pfaffenboden tunnel (3,430 m)
- Spering tunnel (2,852 m)
- Unterweitersdorfer Berg Tunnel (4,500 m, in planning)
Lower Austria
- Semmering summit tunnel (3,489 m)
- Wienerwaldtunnel (13,350 m, rail tunnel)
Styria
- Bosruck tunnel (5,500 m)
- Falkenberg tunnel (3,000 m, in planning)
- Ganzstein-Semmering Tunnel (3,489 m)
- Ganzstein tunnel (2,135 m)
- Gleinalm tunnel (8,320 m)
- Gratkorn tunnel north and south (635 m / 660 m, 798 m / 786 m)
- Herzogberg Tunnel (2,007 m)
- Koralm tunnel (32,900 m, railway tunnel under construction)
- Plabutschtunnel (9,919 m)
- Pretallerkogel tunnel (446 m / 535 m)
- Schartnerkogel Tunnel (1,167 m / 1,232 m)
- Selzhalt tunnel (1,010 m / 964 m)
- Hospital tunnel (2.597 m)
- Tanzenberg tunnel (2,523 m)
- Bruck tunnel (1237 m / 1250 m)
- Forest tunnel (2,924 m)
Vienna
- Lainzer Tunnel (12,800 m, rail tunnel)
- Wienerwaldtunnel (13,350 m, rail tunnel)
Switzerland
See also : List of Swiss tunnels
Longest tunnel
- Gotthard Base Tunnel (rail tunnel, 57 km)
- Lötschberg Base Tunnel (rail tunnel, 34.6 km)
- Simplon Tunnel (rail tunnel, 19.8 km)
- Vereina tunnel (narrow-gauge railway tunnel with car loading, 19 km)
- Gotthard Road Tunnel (road tunnel, 16.9 km)
- Ceneri base tunnel (rail tunnel, under construction until approx. 2020, 15.4 km)
- Furka Base Tunnel (narrow-gauge railway tunnel with car loading, 15.4 km)
- Gotthard tunnel (railway tunnel, 15 km)
- Lötschberg tunnel (rail tunnel, 14.6 km)
- Zimmerberg Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 9.4 km)
- Seelisberg Tunnel (road tunnel, 9.2 km)
- Rickentunnel (railway tunnel, 8.6 km)
Other well-known tunnels
- San Bernardino (road tunnel, 6.6 km)
- Grosser St. Bernhard (road tunnel, 5.9 km)
- Albula Tunnel (narrow-gauge railway tunnel , 5.9 km)
- Munt-la-Schera-Tunnel (road tunnel 3.4 km)
- Furka-Scheiteltunnel (narrow-gauge railway tunnel museum railway, 1.9 km)
Slovenia
See also
- tunnel
- List of the longest tunnels on earth
- Literature Uwe A. Oster (Hrsg.), Ways over the Alps. From the early days to today, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 389678269X .
- www.AlpenTunnel.de Historic railway transversals in the Alps
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