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 |
Warm thanks to: S�nke Roggenkamp
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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