List of tunnels in Switzerland

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The Gotthard Base Tunnel became the world's longest railway tunnel upon opening in 2016. GBT and the Weather (north).jpg
The Gotthard Base Tunnel became the world's longest railway tunnel upon opening in 2016.

This list of tunnels in Switzerland includes all notable road, rail, waterway, or other tunnels in Switzerland.

Contents

NameLength
(km)
TypeRouteNotes
Adler Tunnel 5.302rail Swiss Federal Railways Hauenstein line opened 4 December 2000 [1] [2] [3]
Aescher Tunnel 2.176road A4 motorway [4]
Albula Tunnel 5.865rail Rhaetian Railway Albula line
Arrissoules Tunnel 2.987road A1 motorway
Baregg Tunnel 1.390road A1 motorway
Belchen Tunnel 3.180road A2 motorway
Bözberg Rail Tunnel 2.526rail Swiss Federal Railways Bözberg railway line
Bözberg Road Tunnel 3.705road A3 motorway
Bubenholz Tunnel 0.550road A51 motorway
Bure Tunnel 3.059road A16 motorway [5]
Cassanawald Tunnel 1.230road A13 motorway
Ceneri Base Tunnel 15.4rail Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line opened on 4 September 2020
Crapteig Tunnel 2.171road A13 motorway [6]
Cholfirst Tunnel 1.260road A4 motorway
Felskinn–Mittelallalin Tunnel 1.749rail Metro Alpin funicular railway, entirely in tunnel
Furka Base Tunnel 15.407rail Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Furka–Oberalp line with car transport
Furka Summit Tunnel 1.858rail Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway superseded by the Furka Base Tunnel, now used by a heritage railway
Giswil Tunnel 2.066road A8 motorway
Girsberg Tunnel 1.770road A7 motorway
Glion Tunnel 1.350road A9 motorway
Gotthard Base Tunnel 57.104rail Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line opened on 1 June 2016
Gotthard Rail Tunnel 15.003rail Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line
Gotthard Road Tunnel 16.942road A2 motorway
Grauholz Tunnel 6.295rail Swiss Federal Railways Olten–Lausanne line [7] [8]
Great St Bernard Tunnel 5.798road
Grenchenberg Tunnel 8.578rail BLS AG Grenchenberg line [9] [10]
Gubrist Tunnel 3.273road A1 motorway
Hauenstein Base Tunnel 8.134rail Swiss Federal Railways Hauenstein line
Hauenstein Summit Tunnel 2.495rail Swiss Federal Railways Hauenstein line
Heitersberg Tunnel 4.929rail Swiss Federal Railways Heitersberg line
Hirschengraben Tunnel 2.148rail Swiss Federal Railways Lake Zürich right-bank line
Jungfrau Tunnel 7.122rail Jungfrau Railway rack railway, mostly in tunnel
Käferberg Tunnel 2.119rail Swiss Federal Railways Zürich–Winterthur line
Kerenzerberg Rail Tunnel 3.955rail Swiss Federal Railways Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Kerenzerberg Road Tunnel 5.760road A3 motorway
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Letten Tunnel 2.093rail Swiss Federal Railways Lake Zürich right-bank line superseded by Hirschengraben Tunnel, now disused
Lötschberg Base Tunnel 34.57rail BLS AG Lötschberg line opened on 14 June 2007
Lötschberg Tunnel 14.612rail BLS AG Lötschberg line
Lopper I Rail Tunnel 1.186rail Zentralbahn Brünig line
Lopper II Rail Tunnel 1.743rail Zentralbahn Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line
Lopper Road Tunnel 1.590road A8 motorway
Mappo–Morettina Tunnel 5.518road A13 motorway [11]
Maroggia Tunnel 0.569rail Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line
Milchbuck Tunnel 1.910road A1L motorway
Mont d'Or Tunnel 6.099rail Réseau Ferré de France Dijon–Vallorbe-Lausanne SBB TGV line between Switzerland and France [12] [13]
Monte Ceneri Rail Tunnel 1.692rail Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line twin single-track tunnels; Monte Ceneri I is 1675m in length; Monte Ceneri II is 1692m in length.
Monte Ceneri Road Tunnel 1.412road A2 motorway
Munt la Schera Tunnel 3.394road
Ricken Tunnel 8.603rail Swiss Federal Railways Uznach–Wattwil line
Rosenberg Tunnel 1.466rail Swiss Federal Railways Winterthur–Rorschach line [14]
Rosenberg Tunnel 1.450road A1 Motorway [15]
Sachseln Tunnel 5.213road A8 Motorway
San Bernardino Tunnel 6.596road A13 motorway
San Nicolao Tunnel 0.680road A2 motorway
Schöneich Tunnel 0.6road A1L Motorway
Seelisberg Tunnel 9.292road A2 Motorway
Sierre Tunnel 2.460road A9 Motorway
Simplon Tunnel 19.824rail Swiss Federal Railways Simplon line between Switzerland and Italy
Sonnenberg Tunnel 1.550road A2 Motorway
Vereina Tunnel 19.058rail Rhaetian Railway Vereina line with car transport
Wasserfluh Tunnel 3.556rail Südostbahn Bodensee–Toggenburg line [16]
Weinberg Tunnel 4.8rail Swiss Federal Railways Altstetten–Zürich–Oerlikon cross-city line
Wipkingen Tunnel 1.2rail Swiss Federal Railways Zürich–Winterthur line extended from 0.959 km in the 1990s
Zermatt–Sunnegga Tunnel 1.545rail SunneggaExpress funicular railway, entirely in tunnel
Zimmerberg Base Tunnel 9.4rail Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line
Zimmerberg Tunnel 1.984rail Swiss Federal Railways Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line single-track, built 1897
Zürichberg Tunnel 5rail Swiss Federal Railways Zürichberg line

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