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Railway Tunnels

The table below displays the longest railway tunnels in the world.

Tunnel Name Length (miles) Year Built Span Railway
Seikan 33.5 1988 Honshu-Hokkaido Japan Rail
Channel 30.7 1994 Cheriton-Frethun BR/French National
Daishimizu 13.9 1980 Jomo-Kogen-Echigo Japan Rail
Iwate-ichinohe 16.1 2002 Morioka-Aomori Japan Rail
Simplon No. 2 12.4 1922 Brig-Iselle Swiss Federal
Simplon No. 1 12.3 1906 Brig-Iselle Swiss Federal
Shin Kanmon 11.6 1975 Honshu-Kyushu Japan Rail
Vereina 11.9 1999 Lavin-Klosters Swiss Federal
Apennine 11.5 1934 Florence-Bologna Italian State
Rokko 10.1 1972 Osaka-Shinkobe Japan Rail
Qinling 11.4 2002 Qinling Mountains China Rail
Furka Base 9.6 1982 Oberwald-Realp Furks-Oberalp Switzerland
Haruna 9.5 1982 Jomo-Kogen-Echigo Japan Rail
Gotthard 9.3 1882 Goschenen-Airolo Swiss Federal
Mt Macdonald 9.1 1989 Selkirk Mts-British Columbia CP Rail, Canada