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- World's longest railway tunnel to open after 17 years of construction: Trains in Switzerland will travel at 155mph through 35 miles of mountain. The new Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) will measure 35.4 miles in length and is 7,545 feet below the Gotthard massif.
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The 10 fastest high-speed trains in Europe The world's longest railway tunnels. Seven of the world's longest railway tunnels are located in Asia, including four in Japan and two in China. Europe is home to three of the 10 longest, including the UK's Channel Tunnel. Railway-technology.com profiles the world's longest railway tunnels.
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Tunnel For the deepest tunnel in the world in general go here -. Eiksund Tunnel-The deepest tunnel in the World. Seikan tunnel is nearly ' 53.85 kilometer long ' with a 23.3 kilometer section under the sea-bed which has been continuously welded.The track is 460 ft(140 meters) below the seabed and total depth from sea level to the tracks is 240 meters (790 ft) .inally with all those brutal conditions, the Seikan tunnel was opened on 13 March 1988 and the cost of construction reached 3.6 billion Dollars. Seikan Tunnel holds the record for Deepest operational Railway Tunnel in the World and also as the longest Tunnel in the World. : Deepest Cave in the World (2kms Deep).
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- The 38-mile (60km) long NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel will allow trains to travel between Zurich and MIlan in just two hours 50 minutes, shaving an hour off the current time. In January 1,000 people will be selected for the maiden voyage.
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Channel Tunnel Written By: Channel Tunnel, also called Eurotunnel, rail tunnel between England and France that runs beneath the English Channel. The Channel Tunnel, 31 miles (50 km) long, consists of three tunnels: two for rail traffic and a central tunnel for services and security. The tunnel runs between Folkestone, England, and Sangatte (near Calais), France, and is used for both freight and passenger traffic.
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- Two kilometers under the Alps, workers are finishing the longest, deepest railway tunnel in the world. When the Welsh chronicler Adam of Usk traveled over Switzerland's wild and remote Gotthard Pass by oxcart on his way to Rome in 1402, he was so terrified that he asked his guides to blindfold him so he wouldn't have to look.
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- A worker walks on the highest suspension bridge in Europe on December 1, 2012 in the Titlis mountain above Engelberg, Central Switzerland. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Titlis cableways, a 100-meter-long suspension bridge is being built at more than 3041 meters above the sea level and will be the highest suspension bridge in Europe.
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- The 10.96km tunnel, which is India's longest and Asia's 2nd longest, is 100% water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length. BANIHAL: The northern railways on Friday opened India's longest railway tunnel piercing through the Pir Panjal range in Jammu & Kashmir.
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25th April Bridge 25 de Abril Bridge. The 25th April Bridge, also known as 25 de Abril Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril in Portuguese) is the longest suspension bridge in Europe. It has two levels, the top level is for cars and the lower, which was added in 1999 is for trains. The overpass took 45 months to build.
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- Ride this Art Train through the Most Beautiful Route in the Alps. Photo by Karine Basílio. The historic GoldenPass railway that weaves through the Swiss Alps is already beloved for its idyllic views and punctuality. But now, thanks to American artist Sarah Morris, it’s benefitting from a train that doubles as a work of art. Morris unveiled the 54-meter-long train, titled Monarch (2017), in Gstaad, Switzerland, earlier this month, and for the next four years it will transport commuters and tourists between Montreux and Zweisimmen.
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Pilatus rope park & summer toboggan run Pilatus rope park & summer toboggan run. A very particular attraction on Mount Piatus is the longest summer-toboggan run of Switzerland - a funny and sportive experience one should not miss. The adventurous, racy run down the 1350-metre long chrome-steel channel – the longest summer toboggan run in Switzerland – starts on Fräkmüntegg (1415 m). The numerous twists, turns and dragons' dens (tunnels), promise fast fun from May to October with each run a memorable and exciting experience.
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World's longest railway tunnel to open after 17 years of construction: Trains in Switzerland will travel at 155mph through 35 miles of mountain World's longest railway tunnel to open after 17 years of construction: Trains in Switzerland will travel at 155mph through 35 miles of mountain. The world's longest railway tunnel is set to open in just over a week - after some 17 years of construction. Measuring 35.4-miles in length, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is 7,545 feet below the Gotthard massif, cutting through the Swiss Alps. The tunnel was first conceived in sketch-form in 1947 but construction began 17 years ago.
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Channel Tunnel At its lowest point, it is 75 m (250 ft) deep. At 37.9 kilometres (23.5 mi), the tunnel has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is both longer overall at 53.85 kilometres (33.46 mi) and deeper at 240 metres (790 ft) below sea level.
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World's longest railway tunnel to open after 17 years of construction: Trains in Switzerland will travel at 155mph through 35 miles of mountain 1 The new Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) will measure 35.4 miles in length and is 7,545 feet below the Gotthard massif.  The tunnel through the Swiss Alps was first conceived in sketch-form in 1947 but construction began 17 years ago.
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World's longest tunnel opens deep beneath Swiss Alps 1 (CNN)Seventeen years after construction crews started boring beneath the Swiss Alps, the world's longest, deepest tunnel officially opened Wednesday.
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Sonnenberg Tunnel The Sonnenberg Tunnel is a 1,550m long motorway tunnel, constructed between 1971 and 1976 and located near Lucerne, Switzerland. At its completion it was also the world's largest civilian nuclear fallout shelter, designed to protect 20,000 civilians in the eventuality of war or disaster.he only large-scale test, a five-day exercise in 1987 to practice converting the road tunnels into usable shelters, revealed many problems: Among other things, it took 24 hours to fully close all four blast doors, and it proved impossible to set up the 20,000 beds within reasonable time.
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Switzerland has completed construction on the world's longest tunnel Switzerland has completed construction on the world's longest tunnel. The Swiss Alps are an unforgiving landscape of rugged, rocky peaks and lush, green valleys. Connecting communities that would be otherwise isolated by the vast mountain range — including cultural and economic hubs such as Zurich, Milan, and Turin — is no easy task.
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Best of the Swiss Alps Switzerland’s Top Hikes in Zermatt and the Jungfrau. Zermatt and the Matterhorn; the Jungfrau Region and the Eiger. Plan now for your coming summer vacation! Explore the two most picturesque corners of the Alps—Zermatt and the Jungfrau. Hiking in Zermatt and hiking in the Jungfrau gives you the best the Alps has to offer.
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Gotthard Pass The region of the Gotthard Pass is an important north-south axis in Europe and is crossed by three major traffic tunnels, each being the world's longest at the time of their construction: the Gotthard Rail Tunnel (1882), the Gotthard Road Tunnel (1980) and the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016). 17 km motorway tunnel, the Gotthard Road Tunnel opened in 1980. It was closed for two months in 2001 following a fatal fire. A second rail tunnel through the pass, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, is currently under construction. When completed, it will be the longest rail tunnel in the world at 57 km.
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Beautiful Photos of the World's Longest Road Tunnel It is no surprise then that the world's longest tunnel lies there, and engineers have lined certain sections with beautiful multi-color lights. [Image Source: Flickr] Nearly 2.5 million cubic meters of rock was excavated and drilled to create the tunnel over a course of 5 years.
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The longest ski runs in the Alps We've compiled a list of some of our favourite longest ski runs in the Alps, with an epic descent for all levels. Alpe d'Huez, France. 16-kilometre black run. The Sarenne piste stretches from Pic Blanc at 3,330 metres to Alpe d'Huez at 1,860m.
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- The Gotthard tunnel will exceed the 53.8-kilometre Seikan rail tunnel linking the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido and the world's longest road tunnel, the 24.5-kilometre Laerdal in Norway.
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A86 autoroute Overview of Paris ring roads. The outer Grand contournement de Paris compared with Francilienne (green), A86 (blue) and Boulevard Périphérique (orange). A86 (sometimes called Paris super-périphérique) is the second ring road around Paris, France. It follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre (Notre Dame) varying from 8–16 kilometres (5.0–9.9 mi). A part of A86 contains the world's longest urban motorway tunnel (10 km of continuous tunnel), opened in two parts in 2009 and 2011.
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- Workers hugged, cheered and set off fireworks as the huge drill broke through the last stretch of rock deep in the Swiss Alps. There was delight at the end of the tunnel — the world's longest — when it was completed on October 15.