List of tunnels in the Alps

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The entrance to Mont Cenis tunnel from the Italian side (Bardonecchia)

There are a large number of tunnels in the Alps of Central Europe. They have the advantage of providing shorter routes and faster journey times by avoiding narrow, winding routes over mountain passes which may well be affected by winter conditions. This list is intended to give an overview of the main Alpine tunnels. As the list is "country" oriented, cross-border tunnels are listed twice (e.g. the Mont Blanc tunnel is listed under France and under Italy.)

See separate article for a list of the longest tunnels in the world.

Germany

France

Italy

  • Mont Cenis Tunnel
    (railway) and Fréjus road tunnel
  • Great St Bernard Tunnel (Gran San Bernardo / Grosser Sankt Bernhard, road tunnel)
  • Mont Blanc Tunnel (road tunnel through the highest mountain in the Alps)
  • Simplon Tunnel (railway tunnel)
  • Tenda Tunnels
    (road and railway)
  • Col de Tende Road Tunnel (one of the oldest long road tunnels, 3.2 km)
  • Buco di Viso
    (mule track, oldest tunnel in the Alps)
  • Fréjus Railway Tunnel

Austria

Vorarlberg

Tyrol

Salzburg

Carinthia

Upper Austria

Lower Austria

Styria

Vienna

  • Lainzer Tunnel
    (12,800 m, railway tunnel under construction)
  • Wienerwald Tunnel (13,350 m)

Switzerland

See also: List of tunnels in Switzerland

Longest tunnels

Other well-known tunnels

Slovenia

  • Karawanken Tunnel (motorway)
  • Karawanken Tunnel (railway)

See also

Sources

  • Uwe A. Oster (ed.), Wege über die Alpen. Von der Frühzeit bis heute, Darmstadt, 2006,
    ISBN 3-89678-269-X
    .
  • www.AlpenTunnel.de Historic railway crossings through the Alps
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