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Rail trails around the world longer than 0.1 miles (160 metres) include the following. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
World's longest railway tunnels under construction. Name Location Length ... Devprayag Rail Tunnel [87] India (Uttarakhand) 15.270 km (9.5 mi) 2025
[9] [10] With a route length of 57.09 km (35.5 mi), [5] it is the world's longest railway and deepest traffic tunnel [11] [12] [13] [note 1] and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps. [14] Located at the heart of the Gotthard axis, it is the third tunnel to connect the cantons of Uri and Ticino , after the Gotthard Tunnel and the ...
The bridge's dimensions measure 44 m (144 ft) high and 188 m (617 ft) long, making it the largest wooden trestle in the Commonwealth of Nations and one of the highest railway trestles in the world. [2] It was constructed out of old-growth Douglas fir timbers, [3] and has an unusual seven-degree curve. [4]
Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. [1] At a length of 597–750 feet (182–229 m), it is the world's largest all-wood trestle. [1] [8] [10] [11] Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, after one of the many tunnels through the Carrizo Gorge collapsed.
The theory of the world’s “longest rail ride” originated when the Laos-China railway opened for business, linking Kunming and Vientiane – a missing link in the rails between Europe and ...
Great American Rail-Trail - A 3,700 miles (6,000 km) cross country rail-trail in the United States. Appalachian Trail – This trail is around 3,500 km (2,200 mi) stretching throughout most of the east coastal United States. Kinki Nature Trail – In Japan, about 3,300 km (2,100 mi) long.
Alpine Tunnel is a 1,772 ft (540 m) narrow gauge railroad tunnel located east of Pitkin, Colorado, on the former Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad route from Denver to Gunnison. At an elevation of 11,523 feet (3,512 m), it was the first tunnel constructed across the Continental Divide in Colorado and was the highest railroad tunnel in ...