Railway Tunnels in France > 2 000 m
Tunnel Length Date of opening Line, comment
Paris - CDG 10 800 m 2011 Paris Gere de l'est - CDG Airport
Marseille 7 834 m 06.2001 TGV M�diterran�e
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 6 874 m 1937 Closed in 1973. Road tunnel since 1976.
Col de Braus 5 983 m 30.09.1928 Tenda line (Nice - Sospel)
Puymorens 5 410 m 21.07.1929 Toulouse - Barcelona
Villejust 4 806 m   Massy LNA - Courtalain BIF
Nerthe 4 634 m 1848 Paris - Marseille
Echarmeaux 4 152 m 1900 Paray - le Monial - Givors
Blaisy-Bas 4 114 m 1850 Paris - Lyon
Cret d'Eau 4 008 m 1859 Lyon - Geneve
Vizzavona 3 916 m 01.12.1888 Bastia - Ajaccio
Mont Grazian 3 887 m 30.10.1928 Tenda Line (Sospel - Breil-sur-Roya)
Col de Cabre 3 764 m 01.06.1894 Livron - Briancon
Colle de Saint-Michel 3 457 m 1912 Nice - Digne 
Meudon 3 363 m   Bellegarde Ain - Longeray - Leaz
Chantenay 3 100 m   Near Nantes
Monaco  3 092 m 11.1996 Nice - Menton (Both ends on France territory)
L'Epine 3 076 m   St. Beron Bridoi - Chambery
Sauvages 2 939 m   Le Coteau - Saint Germain au Mont d'Or line
Villecresne 2 860 m   LGV Paris - Marseille
La Galaure 2 686 m   St. Quentin - St. Marcel
Mussuguet 2 624 m   Aubagne - La Seyne
Rolleboise 2 613 m   Nantes la Jolie - Vernon lr
San Francesco 2 600 m 1986 Bari - Taranto
Mornay 2 589 m 20.10.1883 Bourg - Andelot
La Motte 2 561 m   Lisieux - Mezidon
Caluire 2 405 m   Collonges Fontaines - Lyon Guilloti�re line
Tartaiguille 2 338 m 06.2001 TGV M�diterran�e, Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
Aeroport Charles de Gaulle 2 233 m   LGV Interconnection (Paris)
Grand Pissy-Poville 2 205 m   Malaunay - Motteville
Sainte Ir�n�e 2 109 m   Paris - Marseille line
La Savine 2 080 m 01.08.1912 Bourg - Andelot
Massy 2 014 m   TGV Atlantique

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Railway Tunnels to Italy, England, Spain and Switzerland
Tunnel Length Date of opening Line, comment
Basis Mont d'Ambin 52 110 m 2015 Pilot tunnel 2001, works will start in 2006 from St.Jean de Maurienne (F) to Bruzolo (Italy)
Chunnel (Eurotunnel) 50 450 m 06.05.1994 Subsea tunnel (France - England)
Frejus (Cenisio) 13 536 m 17.09.1871 Mont Cenis line. (France - Italy). Original length: 12233 m
Perthus 8 141 m 2007-10 TGV Perpignan - Barcelona (France - Spain)
Tenda 8 099 m 30.10.1928 Tenda line (France - Italy)
Somport 7 875 m 18.07.1928 Pau - Zaragoza (France - Spain)
Mont d'Or 6 097 m 16.05.1915 Line Dijon - Lausanne (France - Switzerland)

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