Sunnegga tunnel
| Sunnegga tunnel | ||||
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 Train in the tunnel
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| use | Funicular tunnel | |||
| place | Zermatt | |||
| length | 1584 m | |||
| vehicles per day | Sunnegga Express | |||
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| completion | November 1980 | |||
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| Zermatt valley station | 624236 / 96817 | |||
| Sunnegga mountain station | 625668 / 96249 | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Sunneggatunnel is 1,584 meters in length (in the line) the longest funicular tunnel of Switzerland . It is located in Zermatt in the canton of Valais and leads from the village (1,600 m above sea level) to the Sunnegga ski area at 2,288 m .
The tunnel was opened as one of the longest of its kind in 1980, and the funicular railway running in it is entirely underground.