List of tunnels in Germany

A list of tunnels in Germany longer than 10 metres.

North entrance of the Engelberg Tunnel (June 2006)

The longest single-tube road tunnel in Germany north of the Alps: the between Birkenau (Hesse) and Weinheim (Baden-Württemberg)

Baden-Württemberg[]

Road tunnels[]

• (2.715 m)
• (2544 m)
• Engelberg Tunnel (2.530 m)
• (2.300 m, Stuttgart)
• Pragsattel Tunnel (720 m; at in Stuttgart)
• Kappelberg Tunnel
• (2.200 m)
• (916 m)
• (824 m, Stuttgart)
• (1950 m near Ettlingen)
• (1684 m, Bad Wildbad)

Speed limit[]

With few exceptions, Baden-Württemberg has a speed limit of 100 km/h for all road and motorway tunnels that have two tubes. It is the only German state where this is the case; other German states have had a speed limit of 80 km/h. Bavaria has been raising the speed limit in such tunnels from 80 km/h to 100 km/h since 2007, and North Rhine-Westphalia has been doing the same since 2008.

Railway tunnels[]

• Karlsruhe–Mühlacker railway: .
• Ammer Valley Railway: •
• Gäu Railway (Stuttgart–Singen): • (258 m) • (579 m) • (656 m)
• New and improved Karlsruhe–Basel railway line: • Katzenberg Tunnel (9,385 m,) • Rastatt Tunnel (4,270 m, under construction)
• Mannheim–Stuttgart high speed railway: • (220 m) • (1.115 m) • (1,727 m) • (6,800 m) • (4,632 m) • (2,782 m) • (762 m) • (5,380 m) • (1,878 m) • (3,303 m) • (403 m) • Tunnel (420 m) • (1,006 m)
• Badische Schwarzwald Railway: • (792 m) • (313 m) • (64 m) • (54 m) • (23 m) • (43 m) • (18 m) • (912 m) • (835 m) • (327 m) • (381 m) • (365 m) • (365 m) • (41 m) • (327 m) • (92 m) • (224 m) • (324 m) • (129 m) • (185 m) • (180 m) • (64 m) • (558 m) • (175 m) • (53 m) • (162 m) • (93 m) • (48 m) • (69 m) • (195 m) • (1,697 m) • (51 m) • (80 m) • (63 m) • (25 m) • (166 m) • (88 m) • (313 m) • (900 m; also Gäu Railway)
• Stuttgart: • (9,468 m, planned as part of the Stuttgart–Wendlingen high-speed railway) • Prag Tunnel (on Franconia Railway) • Rosenstein Tunnel (on Fils Valley Railway) • Tunnel on the Stuttgart Link Line (part of the Stuttgart S-Bahn) (8,788 m, longest S-Bahn tunnel in Germany)
• Neckar Valley Railway: • (2,486 m)

Bavaria[]

Road tunnels[]

• Aubing Tunnel
• Farchant Tunnel
• Hofberg Tunnel
• Tunnels in Munich:

Speed limit[]

In 2007, Bavaria became the second German state, after Baden-Württemberg, to start increasing the speed limit for road and motorway tunnels with two tubes from 80 to 100 km/h. The first tunnel to have its speed limit increased from 80 to 100 km/h was the overhead noise barrier tunnel on the at Aschaffenburg. The Allach tunnel will be next, following the next scheduled maintenance. The AubingTunnel on the is already designed for speeds of 100 km/h and is scheduled to be re-classified.

Railway tunnels[]

The is the third longest overground-railway tunnel in Germany. It was designed to slope toward the two exits so that trains can leave the tunnel without power in emergencies.

• Hanover–Würzburg high speed railway (Bavarian section): , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • Nantenbach Curve: , , ,
• Nuremberg–Ingolstadt railway: , , , , , , , , Audi Tunnel
• More tunnels (selection): , Burgberg Tunnel (near Erlangen), (Regensburg–Nuremberg line, at 16 metres this used to be the shortest tunnel in Germany), (Aschaffenburg–Würzburg line)
• Munich S-Bahn trunk line

Underground railway systems[]

• Munich U-Bahn
• Nuremberg U-Bahn

Berlin[]

Road tunnels[]

Railway tunnels[]

• Nord-Süd Tunnel
• Berlin North–South mainline:

Underground railway systems[]

• Berlin U-Bahn

Hamburg[]

Road tunnels[]

• New Elbe tunnel
• Old Elbe tunnel

Railway tunnels[]

• Hamburg City S-Bahn tunnel

Underground railway systems[]

• Hamburg U-Bahn

Hesse[]

Road tunnels[]

• (2.715 m)
• Hopfenberg Tunnel
• Walberg Tunnel
• Lohberg Tunnel (1080 m)
• in Limburg
• in Weilburg
• Overhead noise barrier tunnel in Dalheim
• Theatre Tunnel
• Schürzeberg road tunnel (where the B27 crosses the Schürzeberg railway tunnel)

Railway tunnels[]

• On the Cologne–Frankfurt high speed railway (section in Hesse, north–south): (state border, northern entrance in Rhineland-Palatinate), , , Niedernhausen Tunnel, , , , ,
• On the Hanover–Würzburg high speed railway (section in Hesse): Lohberg Tunnel, , Dörnhagen Tunnel, Kehrenberg Tunnel, Erbelberg Tunnel, Hainbuch Tunnel, Kaiserau Tunnel, Weltkugel Tunnel, Wildsberg Tunnel, , , , , Schmitteberg Tunnel, Kalter-Sand Tunnel, Schickeberg Tunnel, Krämerskuppe Tunnel, , , Warteküppel Tunnel, , Dornbusch Tunnel, , , , , , , Bornheck Tunnel, Landrücken Tunnel,
• : • Bebenroth Tunnel (930 m) • Cornberg Tunnel (719 m) • Schürzeberg Tunnel (173 m)
• Frankfurt City Tunnel, (5500/6000 m)
• Offenbach City Tunnel, (3700 m)
• Frau-Nauses Tunnel (1205 m, Odenwald Railway)
• Hasselborn Tunnel (1300 m, )
• (3100 m, longest single-track railway tunnel in Germany, Odenwald Railway)
• (3575 m, Kinzig Valley Railway)

Underground railway systems[]

• Frankfurt U-Bahn

Ship tunnels[]

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[]

Road tunnels[]

• Warnow Tunnel

Lower Saxony[]

Road tunnels[]

Railway tunnels[]

• Tunnels of the Hanover–Würzburg high speed railway in Lower Saxony: , , Eggeberg Tunnel, Riesberg Tunnel, Helleberg Tunnel, Wadenberg Tunnel, , , , , Endelskamp Tunnel, Mackenrodt Tunnel, , Münden Tunnel, .
• Naens Tunnel, Ippens Tunnel (both Altenbeken–Kreiensen railway)
• Ertinghäus Tunnel, Wahmbeck Tunnel (both Solling Railway)
• Walkenried Tunnel (South Harz line)

North Rhine-Westphalia[]

Road tunnels[]

• (90 m) road and rail tunnel
• Hüttentalstraße tunnels in Siegen, including Ziegenberg Tunnel, Bühl Tunnel

Railway tunnels[]

• (691 bzw. 711 m)
• (2880 m)
• (944 m)
• (870 m)
• (2200 m)
• (1303 m)
• (327 m)
• (95 m)
• (581 m)
• (1623 m)
• Kruin Tunnel: road and rail tunnels
• Reels Tunnel
• (1632 m)
• (990 m)
• (351 m)
• (2651 m)
• (722 m)
• (1047 m)
• (95 m)
• (627 m)
• Tunnels of the Cologne–Rhine/Main high speed railway: u. a. , ,
• Tunnel in the borough of Wuppertal
  See also:

Rhineland-Palatinate[]

Road tunnels[]

at Bad Ems

at Koblenz

• B 260 at Bad Ems, Length = 1600 m. Major part of the spa's bypass road. Longest road tunnel in Rhineland-Palatinate. Two-lane road tunnel, separate tubes. Cut-and-cover construction. Inaugurated 4 November 2006, Opened to traffic 5 November 2006.
• B 10 Stauf Tunnel at Sarnstall, Length = 1038 m
• A 62 Hörnchenberg Tunnel at Landstuhl, Length = 510 + 485 m
• B 10 Barbarossa Tunnel at Annweiler, Length = 616 m
• B 257 Ditschardt Tunnel at Altenahr, Length = 565 m
• K 101 Burgberg Tunnel at Bernkastel-Kues, Length = 560 m
• B 10 Fehrbach Tunnel at Pirmasens, length = 250+230 m
• L 103 Apollo Tunnel at Bad Bertrich, length = 441 m
• B 10 Löwenherz Tunnel at Annweiler, length = 405 m
• B 62 Siegkreisel Tunnel at Betzdorf, length = 378 m
• B 41 Altenberg Tunnel at Idar-Oberstein, length = 319 m
• B 10 Kostenfels Tunnel at Rinntal, length = 304m
• B 49 at Koblenz, length = 294 m
• A 65 Queichheim Tunnel at Landau, length = 110+110 m
• B 257 Lingenberg Tunnel at Altenahr, length = 212 m
• L 103 Diana Tunnel at Bad Bertrich, length = 193 m
• B 407 Laurentius Tunnel at Saarburg, length = 185 m
• B 41 Hellberg Tunnel at Kirn (Nahe), length = 161 m
• B 257 Übigs Tunnel at Altenahr, length = 94 m
• B 260 Lindenbach Tunnel at Bad Ems, length = 93 m
• B 42 Lahneck Tunnel at Lahnstein, length = 86 m
• B 267 Engelslei Tunnel at Altenahr, length = 69 m
• L132 Altstadt Tunnel in Saarburg, length = 55 m

Railway tunnels[]

• (4205 m, Koblenz–Trier railway)
• Wilseck Tunnel, 1268 m (Eifel Railway)
• East Rhine Railway: • Horchheim Tunnel (576 m) • Loreley Tunnel (368/417 m) • Roßstein Tunnel (378/457 m)
• : Three separate tunnels with a length of 655 m, 240 m and 1297 m, respectively
• Marienthal Tunnel (1050 m, Engers–Au railway)
• Palatine Ludwig Railway: • Wolfsberg Tunnel (320 m) • Lichtensteiner Kopf Tunnel (92 m) • Retschbach Tunnel (196 m) • Schönberg-Langeck Tunnel (366 m) • Mainzer Berg Tunnel (212 m) • Gipp Tunnel (217 m) • Köpfle Tunnel (158 m) • Eisenkehl Tunnel (65 m) • Kehre Tunnel (302 m) • Schloßberg Tunnel (208 m) • Franzosenwoog Tunnel (79 m) • Heiligenberg Tunnel (1347 m)
• Alsenz Valley Railway: • Altenhof Tunnel (436 m) • Kupferschmelz Tunnel (82 m) • Imsweil Tunnel (373 m) • Alsenz Tunnel (283 m)

Saarland[]

Road tunnels[]

• Pellinger Berg Tunnel

Not yet upgraded in accordance with the RABT 2006 Guideline for Road Tunnel Equipment and Operation.

Railway tunnels[]

• Mettlach Tunnel (1196 m)
• Merchweil Tunnel (624 m)
• Bildstock Tunnel (341 m)
• WiebelskircheTunnel (313 m)
• Bierfeld Tunnel (216 m)
• Schanzenberg Tunnel (248 m)
• Silvingen Tunnel (1715 m) abandoned
• Varus Tunnel (435 m) 'abandoned
• Wehrden Tunnel (104 m) partly abandoned

Saxony[]

Road tunnels[]

• (3300 m)
• (345 m)
• Dölzschen Tunnel
• (719 m) – with a 5% gradient the steepest tunnel in Germany
• (380 m)

Railway tunnels[]

Schleswig-Holstein[]

Road tunnels[]

• Herrentunnel

Thuringia[]

Road tunnels[]

• Rennsteig Tunnel

External links[]

• Railway-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale.html Photographs of most German tunnels^{[permanent dead link]} (in German)
• Railway-tunnel-info.de/ List of all German railway tunnels, sorted by name, length, etc.^{[permanent dead link]}(in German)