MoffatZimmerberg-Base (Line Zürich- Gotthard)KaimaiRimutakaTunelãoHallandsåsOtiraJundushanYuntaishanConnaughtStorebælt SomportTGV MéditerranéeGroene HartSevern| Country | Tunnel | Length | Date of opening | Line / Notes |
| USA | Moffat |
9 996 m | 02.1928 | James Peak, Colorado. Denver - Salt Lake City |
| Korea | Sangchon | 9 975 m | Seoul - Pusan line | |
| Japan | Ichinoseki | 9 730 m | 23.06.1982 | Tôhoku Shinkansen |
| Japan | Shimizu | 9 702 m | 01.09.1931 | North bound Shin-shimizu |
| Switzerland | Thalwil I | 9 422 m | 01.06.2003 | Zimmerberg-Base (Line Zürich- Gotthard) |
| China | Mihualing | 9 392 m | 1996 | Longest single track tunnel in China |
| Germany | Katzenberg | 9 385 m | 2011 | Karlsruhe - Basel, 2 single track tubes. Breakthrough for "Marion Röhre" on 20.09.07 and "Inken Röhre" on 01.10.07. |
| Italy | Orte | 9 317 m | 29.04.1980 | Roma - Firenze |
| Italy | Zuc del Bor | 9 270 m | 11.07.1995 | Udine - Tarvisio - Austria |
| Italy | Monte Bibele | 9 243 m | 05.12.2008 | Bologna - Firenze |
| Japan | Nabetateyama | 9 130 m | 22.03.1997 | Hokuetsu Express Railway |
| Spain | San Pedro | 9 105 m | 23.12.2007 | Madrid - Valladolid high speed line. |
| China | Jindong | 9 108 m | 28.06.2003 | Yuhuai railway, Hunan province |
| Norway | Kvineshei | 9 065 m | 01.01.1944 | Oslo - Stavanger, Sørlandsbanen |
| Canada | Table | 9 013 m | 11.1983 | On the Tumbler Ridge Branch of the former BC Rail. Closed in 2003. |
| Greece | Kallidromo | 9 000 m | 200? | South of Thermopylai |
| Japan | Bingo | 8 900 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| New Zealand | Kaimai |
8 879 m | 1980 | East Coast Main Trunk Line |
| New Zealand | Rimutaka |
8 798 m | 1955 | Between Wellington and Wairarapa |
| Germany | Stuttgarter S-bahn | 7 788 m | Stuttgart - Flughafen | |
| Japan | Kintaichi | 8 725 m | 01.12.2002 | Tôhuku Shinkansen |
| Brazil | Tunelão |
8 645 m | 05.1989 | The longest tunnel in South America.On the steel railroad line (Ferrovia do Aço) |
| Japan | Uonuma | 8 625 m | 15.11.1982 | Jôetsu Shinkansen |
| Switzerland | Ricken | 8 603 m | 03.10.1910 | Zürich - St. Gallen |
| Sweden | Hallandsås |
8 600 m | 2012 | Västkustbanan, Ängelholm - Båstad, 2 tubes. Stopped in 1997. Restarted 2004 |
| Switzerland | Grenchenberg | 8 578 m | 01.10.1915 | Bern - Basel |
| New Zealand | Otira |
8 566 m | 1923 | Southern Alps between Arthurs Pass and Otira |
| Austria | Tauern | 8 551 m | 07.07.1909 | |
| Japan | Fukuoka | 8 488 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| China | Jundushan |
8 460 m | 1987 | Datong - Qinhuangdao line |
| Norway | Hægebostad | 8 474 m | 01.01.1944 | Oslo - Stavanger, Sørlandsbanen |
| Germany | Bleßberg | 8 314 m | Erfurt - Nürnberg | |
| Japan | Akima | 8 295 m | 01.10.1997 | Hokuriku Shinkansen |
| Italy | Ronco | 8 291 m | 05.04.1889 | Milano - Gènova |
| Japan | Sannohe | 8 250 m | 01.12.2002 | Tôhoku Shinkansen |
| China | Yuntaishan |
8 145 m | 1991 | Houma - Yueshan line |
| Spain | Perthus | 8 141 m | 2007 - 10 | TGV Perpignan - Barcelona (France - Spain) |
| Switzerland | Hauenstein Base | 8 134 m | 08.01.1916 | Basel - Olten |
| Italy | Monte Berici (Monte Guaino) | 8 100 m | 2006 | Milano - Venezia |
| France-Italy | Tenda | 8 099 m | 30.10.1928 | Tenda line |
| Canada | Connaught |
8 082 m | 13.12.1916 | Rogers pass, Glacier (Mount Mac Donald) |
| Norway | Trollkona | 8 043 m | 01.01.1987 | Voss - Bergen, Bergensbanen |
| Italy | Malborghetto | 8 039 m | 07.1999 | Udine - Tarvisio - Austria |
| Denmark | Storebælt |
8 024 m | 1997 | Subsea tunnel |
| Italy | Taggia | 8 000 m | 2001 | Gènova - Ventimiglia |
| Austria - Slovenia | Karawanken | 7 976 m | 01.10.1906 | Karawanken line |
| Italy | Borgallo | 7 972 m | 01.08.1894 | "Pontremolese" Parma - La Spezia |
| Japan | Kôbe | 7 970 m | 15.03.1972 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Japan | Shin-tanna | 7 959 m | 01.10.1964 | Tôkaidô Shinkansen |
| France - Spain | Somport |
7 875 m | 18.07.1928 | Pau (France) - Zaragoza |
| Italy | Passante | 7 870 m | Milano, 6 km opened since 1998 | |
| Italy | Santo Stefano | 7 856 m | 27.09.2001 | Genova - Ventimiglia - Nice (F) |
| Japan | Tanna | 7 841 m | 01.12.1934 | Old Tôkaidô line between Atami and Kannami. |
| France | Marseille | 7 834 m | 06.2001 | TGV Méditerranée |
| Germany | Euerwang | 7 720 m | 13.05.2006 | Nürnberg - Ingolstadt |
| Norway | Ulriken | 7 670 m | 01.08.1964 | Voss - Bergen, Bergensbanen |
| USA | Hoosac | 7 645 m | 1876 | Boston - Troy, Berkshire mountain range, Massachusetts |
| Japan | Hosaka | 7 588 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Italy | Monte Lupacino | 7 571 m | 14.03.1959 | La Spezia - Lucca |
| Italy | Mont'Orso | 7 561 m | 1927 | Roma - Napoli |
| United Kingdom | Stratford east | 7 555 m | 2007 | Channel tunnel link, London. 04.09. |
| Italy | Fleres | 7 431 m | 7.03.2000 | = Pflersch in German |
| Germany | Silberberg | 7 391 m | Erfurt - Nürnberg | |
| Italy | Castiglione | 7 390 m | 14.12.1977 | Roma - Firenze |
| Germany | Dietershan | 7 375 m | 02.06.1991 | Kassel - Fulda |
| Taiwan | Mount Pagua | 7 360 m | 2005 | Taipei - Kaohsiung |
| Italy | Vivola | 7 355 m | 1927 | Roma - Napoli |
| Spain | Sants - Sagrera | >7 300 m | 12.2004? | Cross Barcelona tunnel for high speed line. (7.3 km is the bored section) |
| Japan | Tsukiyono | 7 295 m | 15.11.1982 | Jôetsu Shinkansen |
| Germany | Irlahüll | 7 260 m | 13.05.2006 | Nürnberg - Ingolstadt |
| China | Fenhuiguan | 7 228 m | 1997 | |
| Italy | Monte Olimpino 2 | 7 207 m | 19.06.1990 | Freight/express bypass of Como, ending at CH border |
| Japan | Hokushin | 7 179 m | 02.04.1988 | Hokushin Express Railway |
| Nederland | Groene Hart |
7 156 m | 2007 | TGV Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerpen. Single tube.Using the largest tunnel boring machine in the world. Diameter: 14.87 m |
| Italy | Monte Adone | 7 135 m | 21.04.1934 | "Direttìssima" Bologna - Firenze |
| Spain | Abdalajís | 7 070 m | 23.12.2007 | Córdoba - Málaga high speed line. 2 tubes |
| Macedonia | Bucovic | 7 047 m | 1967 | |
| China | Yimaling | 7 032 m | 1969 | |
| Japan | Nasu | 7 030 m | 23.06.1982 | Tôhoku Shinkansen |
| Italy | Serena | 7 014 m | Parma - La spezia | |
| UK, England - Wales | Severn |
7 008 m | 01.09.1886 | Subsea tunnel, double track |
| Venezuela | Tazon | 7 000 m | 2003 | Caracas south - Cua |
| Spain | Atocha - Chamartín I | ~7 000 m | Cross Madrid mixed traffic tunnel | |
| Japan | Tagami | 6 995 m | 13.03.2004 | Kyûshû Shinkansen |
| Spain | Engaña | 6 976 m | No! | Abandoned in 1959 and never opened |
| Italy | Camporosso | 6 905 m | 16.01.2001 | Udine - Tarvisio - Austria (Faked opening: 26.11.2000) |
| France | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | 6 874 m | 1937 | "Longest in France". Closed in 1973. Road tunnel since 1976. |
| Japan | Mimakigahara | 6 984 m | 01.10.1997 | Hokuriku Shinkansen |
| Japan | Shin-kinmeiji | 6 822 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Germany | Freudenstein | 6 800 m | 02.06.1991 | Mannheim - Stuttgart |
| Italy | Vasto | 6 833 m | 1993 | Ancona - Bari |
| Japan | Tôkyô | 6 810 m | 10.03.1975 | Tôkaidô, north bound 6 805 m |
| Italy | Colli Albani | 6 625 m | 2006 | Roma - Napoli |
| Japan | Ôhirayama | 6 640 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Japan | Itsukaichi | 6 585 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Japan | Masaki | 6 532 m | 01.04.1984 | Sanriku Railway Kita-riasu |
| India | Karbude | 6 506 m | 1998 | Konkan Railway (longest tunnel in India) |
| Russia | Amur | 6 500 m | 1942 | Baikal - Amur line, sub river |
| Austria | Sieberg | 6 479 m | 31.08.2001 | Haag - St. Valentin |
| Japan | Haneda | 6 472 m | 01.10.1973 | Tôkaidô |
| Taiwan | Linkou | 6 456 m | 2005 | Taipei - Kaohsiung |
| Italy | Turchino | 6 448 m | 18.06.1894 | Gènova - Asti |
| Italy | Marianopoli | 6 422 m | 08.1885 | Longest in Sicilia |
| China | Sipujian | 6 407 m | Under construction | |
| China | Shamalada | 6 383 m | 1966 | |
| Japan | Rokujûrigoe | 6 359 m | 29.08.1971 | Tadami |
| China | Bapanling | 6 340 m | 1993 | |
| Slovenia | Bohinj (Podbrdo) | 6 339 m | 01.10.1906 | Jesenice - Gorizia (Italy) |
| Switzerland | Grauholz | 6 294 m | 28.05.1995 | Olten - Bern |
| Nederland | Sophiaspoor | 6 215 m | 16.06.2007 | Betuwe line Rotterdam - Europort, 2 tubes |
| Japan | Yakushitôge | 6 199 m | 22.03.1997 | Hokuetsu Express Railway |
| China | Pingxingguan | 6 188 m | 1971 | |
| China | Guancunba | 6 187 m | 1966 | |
| Japan | Nagasaki | 6 173 m | 02.10.1972 | Nagasaki |
| Serbia-Montenegogro | Sozina | 6 171 m | 1976 | Belgrade - Bar |
| Serbia-Montenego | Zlatibor | 6 169 m | 1976 | Belgrade - Bar |
| Japan | Ichinose | 6 165 m | 01.10.1997 | Hokuriku Shinkansen |
| China | Kuixian | 6 152 m | 1978 | |
| Japan | Hattabara | 6 123 m | 20.04.1989 | Fukuen |
| Italy | "Passante Bologna" | 6 110 m | 2007 | Milano - Bologna |
| France - Switzerland | Mont d'Or | 6 097 m | 16.05.1915 | Line Dijon (F) - Lausanne (CH) |
| Norway | Hananipa | 6 096 m | 01.01.1971 | Voss - Bergen, Bergensbanen |
| Italy | Francica | 6 093 m | 1971 | Napoli - Reggio di Calabria |
| Japan | Usuitôge | 6 092 m | 01.10.1997 | Hokuriku Shinkansen |
| Japan | Urasa | 6 087 m | 15.11.1982 | Jôetsu Shinkansen |
| China | Nanling | 6 061 m | 1987 | |
| Japan | Yoshio | 6 040 m | 13.03.2004 | Kyûshû Shinkansen |
| South Africa | Cedara Railway | 4 948 m | 1956 | Natal main line Boughton - Cedara. 2 separate tunnels some 70 m apart. The up line was opened in 1959 |
| Japan | Inuyose | 6 012 m | 03.03.1986 | Yosan |
| Italy | Signa - Montelupo | 6 000 m | 12.2003 | Cutoff on Firenze - Pisa line |
| Nederland | Ringvaart | 6 000 m | 2005 | TGV Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerpen |
| Sweden | City | 6 000 m | 12.2010 | Part of a 17 km connection link between Malmö C and the Öresund Bridge, 2 tubes. Start of work: 03.2005 |
| Sweden | Citybanan | 6 000 m | 2017 | Stockholm south - Tomteboda with 2 new stations; City and Odenplan. Start of work 01.2009 |
| Japan | Enrei | 5 994 m | 05.07.1983 | Chûô |
| Sweden | Namntallhöjden | 5 985 m | 10.2008 | Botniabanan, Kramfors - Örnsköldsvik. Start of work: 11.2003 |
| France | Col de Braus | 5 983 m | 30.09.1928 | Tenda line (Nice - Sospel) |
| Japan | Koi | 5 960 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Canada | Wolverine | 5 955 m | 11.1983 | On the Tumbler Ridge Branch of the former BC Rail. Closed in 2003. |
| Spain | Padornelo | 5 949 m | 08.09.1958 | Linea de Sierra de la Culebra |
| Belgia | Soumagne | 5 940 m | 2005 | TGV Liege - Köln |
| Japan | Tsugaru | 5 880 m | 13.03.1988 | Kaikyô |
| Switzerland | Albula | 5 865 m | 01.07.1903 | Chur - St. Moritz |
| China | Hongqi | 5 848 m | 1975 | |
| Japan | Shin-noborikawa | 5 825 m | 01.10.1981 | Sekishô |
| Germany | Berlin S-bahn | 5 800 m | Berlin - Gesundbrunnen | |
| Japan | Shin-karikachi | 5 790 m | 29.09.1966 | Nemuro |
| Japan | Yaehara | 5 718 m | 01.10.1997 | Hokuriku Shinkansen |
| Norway | Gyland | 5 717 m | 01.01.1944 | Stavanger - Oslo, Sörlandsbanen |
| Italy | San Oreste | 5 710 m | 14.12.1976 | Roma - Firenze |
| Japan | Noborikawa | 5 700 m | 01.10.1981 | Sekishô |
| United Kingdom | Totley | 5 696 m | ||
| Japan | Jûnidan | 5 674 m | 01.04.1989 | Akita Nairiku Jûkan Railway |
| Japan | Shin-aoyama | 5 652 m | 22.11.1975 | Kintetsu Railway Ôsaka |
| Italy | San Leopoldo | 5 602 m | 07.1999 | Udine - Tarvisio - Austria |
| Italy | Gravere | 5 600 m | Frejus line | |
| Japan | Kiyosato | 5 595 m | 20.03.1991 | Nemuro |
| Japan | Shitozaka | 5 592 m | 03.12.1994 | Chizu express Company |
| China | Pengmoshan | 5 592 m | 1973 | |
| Japan | Tonda | 5 543 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Germany | Mühlberg | 5 528 m | 29.05.1988 | Fulda - Würzburg |
| Italy | Capo Noli | 5 500 m | Gènova - Nice (F) | |
| Japan | Kosugi | 5 484 m | 01.03.1976 | Musashino |
| Austria | Galgenberg | 5 462 m | 24.05.1998 | Leoben - St. Michael |
| France | Puymorens | 5 410 m | 21.07.1929 | Toulouse - Barcelona |
| Japan | Ôno | 5 389 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Italy | Monte Massico | 5 377 m | 1927 | Roma - Napoli |
| Germany | Hainrode | 5 370 m | 02.06.1991 | Kassel - Fulda |
| Germany | Pfingstberg | 5 362 m | 31.05.1987 | Mannheim - Stuttgart |
| Japan | Senzan | 5 361 m | 10.11.1937 | Senzan |
| Switzerland | Adler | 5 345 m | 04.12.2000 | Basel - Olten |
| Italy | Peloretana | 5 345 m | Messina - Palermo (on the old line) | |
| Italy | Puin | 5 345 m | Milano - Gènova | |
| China | Dabashan | 5 334 m | 1973 | |
| Norway | Gravehalsen | 5 311 m | 01.01.1908 | Bergen - Oslo, Bergensbanen |
| Japan | Takehara | 5 305 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Japan | Arashima | 5 251 m | 15.12.1972 | Etsumi-hoku |
| Japan | Kusaki | 5 242 m | 27.06.1973 | Watarase-keikoku Railway |
| China | Liupanshan | 5 240 m | 1994 | |
| China | Wudangshan | 5 226 m | 1973 | |
| Germany | Rauheberg | 5 210 m | 02.06.1991 | Göttingen - Kassel |
| Japan | Omoto | 5 174 m | 01.04.1984 | Sanriku Railway Kita-riasu |
| Japan | Shin-fukasaka | 5 173 m | 09.08.1965 | Hokuriku (South bound Fukasaka) |
| Japan | Fukasaka | 5 170 m | 01.10.1957 | Hokuriku (North bound Shin-Fukasaka) |
| Japan | Nangôsan? | 5 170 m | 01.10.1964 | Tôkaidô Shinkansen |
| Sweden | Björnböleshöjden | 5 160 m | 10.2008 | Botniabanan, Kramfors - Örnsköldsvik. Start of work: 11.2003 |
| Italy | Biassa II | 5 146 m | 1864 | La Spezia - Gènova |
| China | Pingguan | 5 140 m | 1970 | |
| Nederland | Schipol | 5 140 m | 1986 | Amsterdam - The Hague |
| Japan | Iwakuni | 5 132 m | 10.03.1975 | San'yô Shinkansen |
| Serbia- Montenegro | Trebesica | 5 122 m | 1976 | Belgrade - Bar |
| Japan | Shin-tsunaki | 5 120 m | 13.03.2004 | Kyûshû Shinkansen |
| Nederland | Schipol extension | 5 100 m | 05.2001 | Amsterdam - The Hague |
| Austria | Kaponig | 5 094 m | 15.11.1999 | |
| Japan | Hijirigaoka | 5 084 m | 01.10.1997 | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
| Sweden | Arlanda | 5 083 m | 10.01.2000 | Arlandabanan, Arlanda airport. For long-distance trains, 2 tracks |
| Bulgaria | Kosnitza | 5 081 m | 1952 | Sofia - Burgas |
| Japan | Ôhara | 5 063 m | 11.11.1955 | Îda |
| China | Baijawan | 5 058 m | 1986 | |
| Japan | Otowayama | 5 045 m | 01.10.1964 | Tôkaidô Shinkansen |
| Germany | Frankfurter S-bahn | 5 000 m | Porz - Wahn |
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