List of tunnels in Switzerland

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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.

NameLength
(km)		TypeRouteNotes
Adler Tunnel5.302railSwiss Federal Railways Hauenstein lineOpened 4 December 2000[1][2][3]
Aescher Tunnel2.176roadA4 motorway[4]
Albula Tunnel5.865railRhaetian Railway Albula line
Arrissoules Tunnel2.987roadA1 motorway
Baregg Tunnel1.390roadA1 motorway
Belchen Tunnel3.180roadA2 motorway
Bözberg Rail Tunnel2.526railSwiss Federal Railways Bözberg railway line
Bözberg Road Tunnel3.705roadA3 motorway
Bubenholz Tunnel0.550roadA51 motorway
Bure Tunnel3.059roadA16 motorway[5]
Cassanawald Tunnel1.230roadA13 motorway
Ceneri Base Tunnel15.4railSwiss Federal Railways Gotthard lineOpened on 4 September 2020
Crapteig Tunnel2.171roadA13 motorway[6]
Cholfirst Tunnel1.260roadA4 motorway
Felskinn–Mittelallalin Tunnel1.749railMetro AlpinFunicular railway, entirely in tunnel
Furka Base Tunnel15.407railMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn Furka–Oberalp lineWith car transport
Furka Summit Tunnel1.858railFurka Cogwheel Steam RailwaySuperseded by the Furka Base Tunnel, now used by a heritage railway
Giswil Tunnel2.066roadA8 motorway
Girsberg Tunnel1.770roadA7 motorway
Glion Tunnel1.350roadA9 motorway
Gotthard Base Tunnel57.104railSwiss Federal Railways Gotthard lineOpened on 1 June 2016
Gotthard Rail Tunnel15.003railSwiss Federal Railways Gotthard line
Gotthard Road Tunnel16.942roadA2 motorway
Grauholz Tunnel6.295railSwiss Federal Railways Olten–Lausanne line[7][8]
Great St Bernard Tunnel5.798road
Grenchenberg Tunnel8.578railBLS AG Grenchenberg line[9][10]
Gubrist Tunnel3.273roadA1 motorway
Hauenstein Base Tunnel8.134railSwiss Federal Railways Hauenstein line
Hauenstein Summit Tunnel2.495railSwiss Federal Railways Hauenstein line
Heitersberg Tunnel4.929railSwiss Federal Railways Heitersberg line
Hirschengraben Tunnel2.148railSwiss Federal Railways Lake Zürich right-bank line
Jungfrau Tunnel7.122railJungfrau RailwayRack railway, mostly in tunnel
Käferberg Tunnel2.119railSwiss Federal Railways Zürich–Winterthur line
Kerenzerberg Rail Tunnel3.955railSwiss Federal Railways Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Kerenzerberg Road Tunnel5.760roadA3 motorway
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It is a circular loop under the territories of both Switzerland and France.
Letten Tunnel2.093railSwiss Federal Railways Lake Zürich right-bank lineSuperseded by Hirschengraben Tunnel, now disused
Lötschberg Base Tunnel34.57railBLS AG Lötschberg lineOpened on 14 June 2007
Lötschberg Tunnel14.612railBLS AG Lötschberg line
Lopper I Rail Tunnel1.186railZentralbahn Brünig line
Lopper II Rail Tunnel1.743railZentralbahn Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line
Lopper Road Tunnel1.590roadA8 motorway
Mappo–Morettina Tunnel5.518roadA13 motorway[11]
Maroggia Tunnel0.569railSwiss Federal Railways Gotthard line
Milchbuck Tunnel1.910roadA1L motorway
Mont d'Or Tunnel6.099railRéseau Ferré de France Dijon–Vallorbe-Lausanne SBB TGV linebetween Switzerland and France[12][13]
Monte Ceneri Rail Tunnel1.692railSwiss Federal Railways Gotthard lineTwin single-track tunnels:
Monte Ceneri I is 1675m in length; Monte Ceneri II is 1692m in length.
Monte Ceneri Road Tunnel1.412roadA2 motorway
Munt la Schera Tunnel3.394road
Ricken Tunnel8.603railSwiss Federal Railways Uznach–Wattwil line
Rosenberg Tunnel1.466railSwiss Federal Railways Winterthur–Rorschach line[14]
Rosenberg Tunnel1.450roadA1 Motorway[15]
Sachseln Tunnel5.213roadA8 Motorway
San Bernardino Tunnel6.596roadA13 motorway
San Nicolao Tunnel0.680roadA2 motorway
Schöneich Tunnel0.6roadA1L Motorway
Seelisberg Tunnel9.292roadA2 Motorway
Sierre Tunnel2.460roadA9 Motorway
Simplon Tunnel19.824railSwiss Federal Railways Simplon lineBetween Switzerland and Italy
Sonnenberg Tunnel1.550roadA2 Motorway
Vereina Tunnel19.058railRhaetian Railway Vereina lineWith car transport
Wasserfluh Tunnel3.556railSüdostbahn Bodensee–Toggenburg line[16]
Weinberg Tunnel4.8railSwiss Federal Railways Altstetten–Zürich–Oerlikon cross-city line
Wipkingen Tunnel1.2railSwiss Federal Railways Zürich–Winterthur lineExtended from 0.959 km in the 1990s
Zermatt–Sunnegga Tunnel1.545railSunneggaExpressFunicular railway, entirely in tunnel
Zimmerberg Base Tunnel9.4railSwiss Federal Railways Gotthard line
Zimmerberg Tunnel 1.984 rail Swiss Federal Railways Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line Single-track, built 1897
Zürichberg Tunnel5railSwiss Federal Railways Zürichberg line

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