Some Railway Tunnel projects > 5 000 m
Country Tunnel Length Date of opening Line / Notes
Austria - Italy Basis Brenner 56 000 m PRJ Brenner line, 2 tubes Information (pdf)
France - Italy Basis Mont d'Ambin 52 110 m 2015 Pilot tunnel 2001, works will start in 2006 from St.Jean de Maurienne (F) to Bruzolo (I)
Marocco - Spain Gibraltar 38 700 m After 2010 Subsea length: 27.75 km
Austria Koralm 32 800 m After 2010 New planned line Graz - KlagenfurtSp
Spain Pajares Base 24 667 m 2010 León - Oviedo project. 2 tubes pdf
Austria Lainzer - Wienerwald 22 791 m 2012-2015 Wien - St. Pölten (Two connected tunnels)
France Belledonne 20 000 m 2012-15 Lyon - Torino project
France La Grande Chartreuse 20 000 m 2012-15 Lyon - Torino project. Freight only, Chambery bypass
Greece Lianokladi - Domokos 20 000 m PRJ Base tunnel
Switzerland Zimmerberg-Base 19 700 m 2013 Planned elongation of tunnel Zürich - Zalwil (9400 m)
Austria Semmering basis 19 200 m   Under construction, stopped
Australia Civ 4 15 000 m PRJ Parramatta - Chatswood line, tender early 2001
Switzerland Ceneri-Basis 15 000 m 2015  
Croatia Cicarija 14 300 m   Planned on Rijeka - Istria line
Finland Savio 13 500 m 2008 Northern freight access for Yuosaaren harbour project
Turkey Bosporus 13 300 m 2006+ Subsea tunnel, 1800 m immersed part
Italy Bussoleno bypass 12 050 m 2015 Torino - Lione. Pilot tunnel 2001
India Jammu - Udhapur 12 000 m 2007 On 35 km link in Kashmir
France Epine II 12 000 m 2012-15 On high speed line to Chambery
France Paris - CDG 10 800 m 2011 Paris Gare de l'Est - CDG Airport fast link project
China (Taiwan) New Kuanying 10 300 m    
Australia Civ 1 9 800 m PRJ Parramatta - Chatswood line, tender early 2001
Germany Flughafen 9 470 m PRJ-2011 Stuttgart, between airport and main station
Spain Carrascoy > 9 000 m 2007 Madrid - Valencia/Murcia high speed network
Germany Katzenberg 8 980 m PRJ Karlsruhe - Basel
Spain San Paio (not final name) 8 750 m 2007 Línea Ourense - Lubián (pdf)
Croatia Krapina 4 8 500 m   Planned on new Zagreb - Varazdin line
Germany Albaufstieg 8 430 m PRJ Stuttgart - Augsburg
Germany Bleßberg 8 314 m PRJ Ebensfeld - Erfurt
Spain Atocha - Chamartín II ~8 000 m 2007? Cross Madrid suburban tunnel 
Germany Silberberg 7 391 m PRJ Thüringen, Ebensfeld - Erfurt
Germany Finne 6 886 m 2007 Erfurt - Leipzig/Halle, Works start: 2001
Spain Atocha - Chamartín III 6 800 m 2007? Cross Madrid tunnel for normal gauge high speed trains 
Italy - Switzerland Arcisate - Stabio 6 700 m PRJ Lugano - Malpensa Airport
Sweden City 6 000 m 2009 Malmö. Part of connection to Öresund bridge
Sweden Citybanan 6 000 m 2011 Stockholm south - Tomteboda
Austria St. Andrä - Aich 6 000 m PRJ >2010 Koralmbahn Graz - Klagenfurt
Germany Albastieg 5 950 m PRJ Stuttgart - Augsburg
Spain A Madroa 5 910 m 2007 Corridor Atlantíco Vigo - La Coruna
Australia Civ 2 5 530 m PRJ Parramatta - Chatswood line, tender early 2001
Spain Oural II (not final name) 5 350 m 2007 Línea Ourense - Lubián
Taiwan New Nanao 5 340 m    
Germany Rastatter 5 000 m PRJ Karlsruhe - Basel
Germany Frankfurt 5 000 m PRJ Frankfurt am Main/Hessen
Spain Girona II 5 000 m 2007? Barcelona - Perpignan for parallel broad gauge line

Warm thanks to Eugenio A. Merzagora, Walter Brummer, Sönke Roggenkamp, Jeroen de Leeuw, Dániel György Kemény, Eva Edblom, Gunnar Sandh, Kazutaka Taniguchi

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