Notable Tunnels Name Location Length Year mi km Railroad, excluding subways Seikan Tsugaru Strait, Japan 33.5 53.9 1988 Channel Tunnel1 English Channel, England-France 31.1 50.0 1994 Iwate Ichinohe Tanigawa Mountains, Japan 16.0 25.8 2002 Daishimizu Mikuni Mountain Range, Japan 13.8 22.2 1982 Simplon (I and II) Alps, Switzerland-Italy 12.3 19.8 1906, 1922 Vereina Klosters-Sagliains, Switzerland 11.8 19.1 1999 Shin Kanmon Kanmon Strait, Japan 11.6 18.7 1975 Apennine Bologna-Florence, Italy 11.5 18.5 1934 Qinling I-II Qinling Mountains, China 11.5 18.5 2002 Rokkô Rokkô Mountain, Japan 10.1 16.3 1972 Furka Base Andermatt-Brig, Switzerland 9.6 15.4 1982 Haruna Gunma Prefecture, Japan 9.5 15.4 1982 Severomuyskiy Baikal-Amur, Russia 9.5 15.3 2001 Gorigamine Takasaki-Nagano, Japan 9.4 15.2 1997 Monte Santomarco Paola-Cosenza, Italy 9.3 15.0 1987 St. Gotthard Swiss Alps 9.3 15.0 1882 Nakayama Nakayama Pass, Hokkaido, Japan 9.2 14.9 1982 Lötschberg Swiss Alps 9.1 14.6 1913 Mount MacDonald Rogers Pass, Glacier Nat'l Park, Canada 9.1 14.6 1989 Romeriksporten Oslo-Gardermoen airport, Norway 9.1 14.6 1999 Dayaoshan Nanling Mountains, China 8.9 14.3 1987 Hokuriku Sea-of-Japan coast, Japan 8.6 13.9 1962 Frejus (Mont Cénis) French Alps 8.42 13.5 1871 Shin Shimizu Mikuni Mountains, Japan 8.4 13.5 1967 Sciliar Verona-Brennero, Italy 8.2 13.2 1993 Vehicular Laerdal Laerdal–Aurland, Norway 15.2 24.5 2000 St. Gotthard Alps, Switzerland 10.2 16.4 1980 Arlberg Austrian Alps 8.7 14.0 1979 Fréjus French Alps 8.0 12.9 1980 Mt. Blanc Alps, France-Italy 7.0 11.3 1965 Gudvanga Bergen-Oslo, Norway 7.1 11.4 1991 Folgefonn Odda-Gjerde, Norway 6.9 11.2 2001 Kanetsu (southbound) Tokyo-Niigata, Japan 6.9 11.0 1991 Kanetsu (northbound) Tokyo-Niigata, Japan 6.8 10.9 1985 Gran Sasso d'Italia (E and W) Abruzzo, Italy 6.3 10.2 1984, 1995 Aqualine Expressway Tokyo Bay, Japan 5.9 9.5 1997 Mt. Ena Japan Alps, Japan 5.3 8.5 19763 Westerschelde Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen–Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands 4.1 6.6 2003 Great St. Bernard Alps, Switzerland-Italy 3.4 5.5 1964
1. Three-tunnel system including two rail tunnels (one carries passengers from England to France, the other from France to England) and a central service tunnel.
2. Lengthened to its present 8.4 miles in 1881.
3. Parallel tunnel begun in 1976.
Sources: American Society of Civil Engineers and International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association, and The World's Longest Tunnel Page, Web:
home.no.net/lotsberg/ .
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