List of tunnels in the Alps
The entrance to Mont Cenis tunnel from the Italian side (Bardonecchia)
There are a large number of tunnels in the Alps of Central Europe. They have the advantage of providing shorter routes and faster journey times by avoiding narrow, winding routes over mountain passes which may well be affected by winter conditions. This list is intended to give an overview of the main Alpine tunnels. As the list is "country" oriented, cross-border tunnels are listed twice (e.g. the Mont Blanc tunnel is listed under France and under Italy.)
See separate article for a list of the longest tunnels in the world.
Germany[]
France[]
- Mont Cenis Tunnel (railway) and Fréjus road tunnel
- Mont Blanc Tunnel (road tunnel)
- Tenda Tunnels (road and railway)
- 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)
- Fréjus Road Tunnel and the much older Fréjus Railway Tunnel
Italy[]
- Mont Cenis Tunnel (railway) and Fréjus road tunnel
- Great St Bernard Tunnel (Gran San Bernardo / Grosser Sankt Bernhard, road tunnel)
- Mont Blanc Tunnel (road tunnel through the highest mountain in the Alps)
- Simplon Tunnel (railway tunnel)
- Tenda Tunnels (road and railway)
- 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)
- Fréjus Road Tunnel and the much older Fréjus Railway Tunnel
Austria[]
Vorarlberg[]
- (3,340 m)
- (2,978 m)
- Arlberg Road Tunnel (13,972 m)
- Arlberg Tunnel (10,249 m, railway tunnel)
- (5,700 m, in planning)
- (2,433 m)
- (2,612 m, in planning)
- (6,718 m)
Tyrol[]
- Arlberg Road Tunnel (13,972 m)
- Arlberg Railway Tunnel (10,249 m, railway tunnel)
- (2,130 m)
- (5,304 m)
- Inntal Tunnel (12,696 m, railway tunnel only for goods traffic)
- (2,590 m)
- (6,955 m)
- (3,168 m)
- (2,993 m)
- (5,095 m)
- (5,851 m)
- (4,310 m, under construction)
Salzburg[]
- (5,304 m)
- (1,390 m)
- (2,004 m)
- (5,439 m)
- Schmitten Tunnel (5,111 m)
- (2,988 m)
- Tauern Road Tunnel (6,401 m)
- Tauern Railway Tunnel (8,550 m)
Carinthia[]
- (3,345 m)
- (2,148 m)
- Karawanken Tunnel (railway) (7,976 m)
- Karawanken Tunnel (motorway) (7,864 m)
- Koralm Tunnel (32,900 m, railway tunnel under construction)
- (5,439 m)
- (4,307 m)
Upper Austria[]
- (2,000 m)
- (5,500 m)
- (2,102 m, under construction)
- (2,144 m)
- (2,278 m)
- (3,430 m)
- (2,852 m)
- (4,500 m, in planning)
Lower Austria[]
- (3,489 m)
- Wienerwald Tunnel (13,350 m)
Styria[]
- (5,500 m)
- (3,000 m, in planning)
- (3,489 m)
- (2,135 m)
- Gleinalm Tunnel (8,320 m)
- (635m / 660m, 798m / 786m)
- (2,007 m)
- Koralm Tunnel (32,900 m, railway tunnel under construction)
- Plabutsch Tunnel (9,919 m)
- (446m / 535m)
- (1,167m / 1,232m)
- (1,010m / 964m)
- (2,597 m)
- (2,523 m)
- (1237m/1250m)
- (400m)
- (2,924 m)
Vienna[]
- Lainzer Tunnel (12,800 m, railway tunnel under construction)
- Wienerwald Tunnel (13,350 m)
Switzerland[]
See also: List of tunnels in Switzerland
Longest tunnels[]
- Brenner Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, opening in December 2028, 64 km)
- Gotthard Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, open on 1 June 2016, 57 km)
- Lötschberg Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 34.6 km)
- Simplon Tunnel (railway tunnel, 19.8 km)
- Vereina Tunnel (narrow gauge railway tunnel with car transportation, 19 km)
- Gotthard Road Tunnel (road tunnel, 16.9 km)
- Ceneri Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 15.4 km)
- Furka Base Tunnel (narrow gauge railway tunnel with car transportation, 15.4 km)
- Gotthard Railway Tunnel (railway tunnel, 15.0 km)
- Lötschberg Tunnel (railway tunnel, 14.6 km)
- Zimmerberg Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 9.4 km)
- Seelisberg Tunnel (road tunnel, 9.2 km)
- Ricken Tunnel (railway tunnel, 8.6 km)
Other well-known tunnels[]
- San Bernardino Tunnel (road tunnel, 6.6 km)
- Great St Bernard Tunnel (road tunnel, 5.9 km)
- Albula Tunnel (narrow gauge railway tunnel, 5.9 km)
- Furka Summit Tunnel (narrow gauge railway tunnel, heritage railway, 1.9 km)
- Munt la Schera Tunnel (road tunnel)
Slovenia[]
- Karawanken Tunnel (motorway)
- Karawanken Tunnel (railway)
See also[]
Sources[]
- Uwe A. Oster (ed.), Wege über die Alpen. Von der Frühzeit bis heute, Darmstadt, 2006, ISBN 3-89678-269-X.
- www.AlpenTunnel.de Historic railway crossings through the Alps
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