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Jungfraubahn |
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Red points show beginning and end of the tunnel |
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The outside part of the station at the Jungfraujoch |
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Tiefenbachtunnel Link to Road Tunnels in Austria Picture source: |
| Country | Line | Constr. periode |
Tunnel length |
Comment |
| Austria | Gletscherbahn Kaprun | 1974 | 3 400 m | "The World's first
underground cable car". To the summer ski area on
the Kitzsteinhorn glacier - the first summer ski area in
Austria. Altitude 911 to 2452 m, capacity 1240
persons/hour. Fire tragedy 11.11.2000: http://www.kitzsteinhorn.at/ |
| Austria | Pitz Express | 1983 | 3 900 m | Tunnel to the Pitztal
glacier ski area in Tyrol. Tunnel altitude is between
1720 m and 2840 m. http://www.pitztal.or.at/ |
| Austria | Moelltaler Glacier Express | 1997 | 4 800 m | In Carinthia. Altitude
between 1255 and 2230 m. http://www.subways.net/austria/Austria.htm |
| Austria | Reisseckbahn | 2
150 m 2 800 m |
Between station Schoberboden,
2237 m - Reisseckuette,
2250 m -
Obermooshuette, 2380 m. Total length is approx. 7 km. Tunnels: Kammwand and Riedboch. |
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| Australia New South Wales |
The Skitube | 1984-1988 | 6 300 m | Bilston tunnel and Blue cow tunnel rises 755 m from Bullock's Flat to Blue Cow station. Standard gauge rack rail system with a maximum gradient of 12.5 % |
| France | Funiculaire Grande Motte | Altitude between 2200 and
3456 m. A plan of the whole ski area, Val d'Is�re - Tignes: http://www.tignesvisitor.info/tignes_funicular.htm |
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| France | Funiculaire de Val d'Is�re | 1986-1987 | 1 689 m | To Bellevarde. Altitude between 1799 and 2691 m. Diameter 4.2 m. Max. gradient: 53% |
| Germany | BAVARIAN ZUGSPITZE RAILWAY | 1930 | 4 466 m | The highest mountain of Germany, 2962 m. Railway begins at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, altitude 700 m. Top station original at 2650 m, since 1987 at Zugspitzblatt, 2588 m. 750 m funicular continues to the top. |
| Italy | Motta-Campodolcino | 1 046 m | ||
| Spain | Between Puente Poncebos and Bulnes | 2000? | 2 200 m | Altitude 250 to 650 m. Bulnes is a village in the Picos de Europa mountains, 20 km away from the north shore of Spain between Gij�n and Santander. |
| Switzerland | Jungfraujoch | Built
in 3 stages between 1896 and 1912 |
7 123 m | The tunnel starts at 2320 m and ends in an underground station at 3454 m. The tunnel goes inside the Moench, 4099 m high and the Eiger, 3970 m high, which has one of the highest but certainly the most impressive rock face in the Alps (approx. 1800 m high). |
| Switzerland | Metro-Alpin | 1984 | 1 434 m | In Saas Fee, Wallis.
Altitude 2991 to 3456 m |
| Switzerland | Old Furka Rack-railway | 1914 | 1 434 m | This is now used as a
museum railway with steam locomotives, the tunnel on the
top 1874 m, altitude 2117-2160 m, first opening 1914,
1982 closed because of opening of Furka Base Tunnel
(15.381 m), old rail reopened on 14.07.2000 for tourism. |
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Jungfraubahn |
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Red points show beginning and end of the tunnel |
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The outside part of the station at the Jungfraujoch |
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Tiefenbachtunnel Link to Road Tunnels in Austria Picture source: |
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