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Weinberg Tunnel: 4.8: rail: Swiss Federal Railways Altstetten–Zürich–Oerlikon cross-city line: Wipkingen Tunnel: 1.2: rail: Swiss Federal Railways Zürich–Winterthur line: extended from 0.959 km in the 1990s Zermatt–Sunnegga Tunnel: 1.545: rail: SunneggaExpress: funicular railway, entirely in tunnel Zimmerberg Base Tunnel: 9.4: rail ...
As of 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is the third Swiss tunnel to bear this title, after the Gotthard Tunnel (15 km or 9.3 mi, 1882) and the Simplon Tunnel (19.8 km or 12.3 mi, 1905). [28] It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel.
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This category covers all tunnels in Switzerland, including road, rail and water tunnels. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tunnels in Switzerland . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
The Gotthard Road Tunnel is one of the three tunnels that connect the Swiss Plateau to southern Switzerland and run under the Gotthard Massif, the two other being railway tunnels, the Gotthard Tunnel (1882) and the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016). All three tunnels bypass the Gotthard Pass, an important trade route since the 13th century.
A second railway tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, was opened on 1 June 2016 after 17 years of construction; in comparison, it is considerably longer (57.1 km; namely the world's longest railway tunnel) and at an about 500 m lower elevation than the first Gotthard Tunnel, enabling trains to traverse the Central Alps on a flat and straight route ...
The Zimmerberg Base Tunnel (ZBT) was one such tunnel constructed under the initiative. [4] Phase I of the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel is a major feature of the route between Zürich and Thalwil. The tunnel was the longest double-track tunnel to have been constructed by Switzerland in over 100 years, a milestone in Swiss railway infrastructure. [5]
The Lopper Road Tunnel is a tunnel in central Switzerland. The tunnel connects Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden with Alpnach in the canton of Obwalden, and forms part of the A8 motorway. The tunnel was opened in 1984, and is 1,590 metres (5,220 ft) long. The tunnel has two lanes (one in each direction), and there is no central reservation.