Tunnels in Switzerland
10 tunnels
Gotthard Base Tunnel
The longest railway tunnel in the world, twin bores driven 2,300 m beneath the Gotthard massif. Built over 17 years as the centerp...
Lotschberg Base Tunnel
The first of the Swiss NRLA base tunnels, running deep under the old Lotschberg line between Frutigen and Raron. One full double t...
Vereina Tunnel
RhB single track meter gauge tunnel from Klosters Selfranga to Sagliains, carrying scheduled car shuttles that spare drivers the s...
Furka Base Tunnel
Base tunnel between Oberwald and Realp that replaced the 1925 summit line over the Furka Pass, which closed each winter under snow...
Ceneri Base Tunnel
Twin single track bores between Camorino and Vezia south of Bellinzona. Opened in 2020, it completed the NRLA New Rail Link throug...
Gotthard Summit Tunnel
The original Gotthard railway tunnel between Goschenen and Airolo, opened in 1882 after nine brutal years. Around 200 workers died...
Gotthard Road Tunnel
Single bore, two lane tunnel on the A2 between Goschenen and Airolo, for decades the freight backbone of the Switzerland to Italy ...
San Bernardino Tunnel
Tunnel on the A13 between Thusis and Bellinzona, replacing the old San Bernardino pass road as the all year route. Its galleries d...
Albula Tunnel
The summit tunnel of the metre gauge Albula Railway between Preda and Spinas, opened in 1903 and part of the Rhaetian Railway Worl...
Jungfrau Railway
A rack railway from Kleine Scheidegg that spends most of its route in a tunnel bored through the Eiger and Monch, with stations cu...