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The Channel Tunnel is a 50.46-kilometre undersea railway line that crosses the English Channel, providing a direct land route between Folkestone, England, and Coquelles, France. Officially opened in 1994, the tunnel system actually consists of three interconnected bores: two rail tunnels and a centr...

The Seikan Tunnel is a 53.85-kilometre railway tunnel located in Japan, connecting the main island of Honshu with the northern island of Hokkaido. Spanning beneath the Tsugaru Strait, it was officially opened in 1988 to provide a reliable transportation link unaffected by harsh maritime weather. The...

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a major Alpine railway infrastructure project in Switzerland, officially opened for full service in 2016. Stretching 57.09 kilometres through the Swiss Alps, it is currently recognized as the longest and deepest traffic tunnel in the world. The flat, base-level route allo...

The Marmaray Tunnel is a 76-kilometer commuter rail and metro corridor in Istanbul, Turkey, of which roughly 13.4 kilometers run beneath the Bosphorus strait through a submerged tube tunnel. The underwater section connects the European and Asian sides of the city, making it the first rail link betwe...

The Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel that connects Switzerland and Italy through the Alps, linking the town of Brig with Domodossola. Opened in 1906, the tunnel consists of two single-track bores, the first of which was completed in 1906 and the second in 1922. At approximately 19.8 kilometers in...

The Rocky Mountaineer offers a luxurious rail journey through the Canadian Rockies, showcasing stunning landscapes of snow-capped peaks, turquoise lakes, and dense forests. Routes connect Vancouver, Banff, Jasper, and Lake Louise, providing unique perspectives on this iconic region. The GoldLeaf s...

The Crossrail tunnels are a network of twin-bore passages stretching roughly 21 kilometers beneath central London, forming the core underground segment of the Elizabeth line railway. Construction involved massive tunnel boring machines carving through varied London geology, with the final breakthrou...

The Lötschberg Base Tunnel is a major railway tunnel spanning 34.6 kilometers through the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. Completed and opened to rail traffic in 2007, the structure is a core component of Switzerland's New Railway Link through the Alps project. It provides a flat, high-speed transit ro...

The New Cascade Tunnel is a 7.79-mile (12.5-kilometer) railroad tunnel through the Cascade Range in Washington state, opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1929. It replaced the original 1900 Cascade Tunnel, which had suffered from ventilation problems and operational difficulties. At its completi...

The Cascade Tunnel refers to the 7.79-mile (12.5-kilometer) railroad tunnel through the Cascade Range in Washington state, completed by the Great Northern Railway in 1929 to replace an earlier, shorter tunnel opened in 1900. The Great Northern operated the tunnel with electric locomotives until 1956...

The Memphis Bridge, also known as the Frisco Bridge, is a historic cantilever-truss bridge spanning the Mississippi River. Constructed in 1892 for the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad, it represents an early significant application of this bridge design in the United States. The structur...

The Brenner Base Tunnel is a cross-border railway project running beneath the Alps between the Innsbruck area in Austria and Fortezza in Italy. Its principal tunnel system is about 55 km long, while inclusion of the existing Innsbruck bypass creates a continuous underground rail route of roughly 64...

The Fréjus Rail Tunnel is a railway tunnel beneath the Alps connecting Modane in France with Bardonecchia in Italy. Opened in 1871 and approximately 13.7 km long, it was one of the earliest major tunnels driven through the Alpine barrier. It forms part of the historic Mont Cenis railway route and en...

The Hardinge Bridge is a cantilever-truss railway bridge spanning the Padma River in Bangladesh. Constructed in 1915, it’s notable as one of the longest rail bridges in Asia at its completion. This structure primarily serves the transportation of rail traffic across the river and remains vital for r...

Sidekiq is the standard for background job processing in the Ruby on Rails ecosystem. It uses Redis as a message broker to handle asynchronous tasks like sending emails, generating PDFs, or interacting with third-party APIs. Sidekiq is known for its efficiency and ability to handle high volumes of j...

The Ceneri Base Tunnel is a 15.4-kilometer railway tunnel in the Swiss canton of Ticino, opened to regular commercial service in December 2020. It forms the southernmost component of the NRLA (AlpTransit) project, providing a flat low-elevation rail route through the Alps and connecting to the Gotth...

The Spiral Tunnels are a pair of railway loops located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, on the Canadian Pacific Railway line. Completed in 1909, the tunnels were engineered to reduce the steep and dangerous gradient of the Kicking Horse Pass from approximately 4.5% to a much safer 2....

A railroad tunnel completed in 1928 beneath the Continental Divide in Colorado, built for the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad to eliminate a steep mountain crossing and still used for freight and water diversion.

The Guadarrama Tunnel is a twin-bore high-speed railway tunnel located in Spain, extending through the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range. Opening for service in 2007, it measures approximately 28.4 kilometers in length. It was constructed as part of the high-speed railway line connecting Madrid to...

The Lötschberg Tunnel is a 14.6-kilometer railway tunnel located in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Opened in 1913, the structure connects the cantons of Bern and Valais and functioned as the primary mountain rail crossing in the region for nearly a century. It remains a key component of the Swiss...

The Jubilee Line Extension Tunnels comprise a deep-level tunnel network constructed for the London Underground in the late 1990s. Completed in 1999, the extension routes run from Green Park eastward to Stratford, passing through 11 newly built or refurbished stations. The tunnels were bored through...

A Massachusetts railroad tunnel completed in 1875 after more than two decades of construction; at nearly 5 miles it was the longest tunnel in North America at opening and an early use of nitroglycerin in blasting.

Railway tunnel under the Great Belt strait in Denmark, opened in 1997 and stretching about 8 km, making it the longest railway tunnel in the country.

Austria's Arlberg Railway Tunnel, opened in 1884, is a 10.6 km rail tunnel through the Arlberg massif and was one of the most significant Alpine crossings of the 19th century.

A 14.7 km Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, opened in 1988 as the longest railway tunnel in the Americas.

A rail base tunnel under construction beneath the Alps between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, and Susa, Italy, with a main bore of approximately 57 km on the Lyon–Turin corridor.

Switzerland's Vereina Tunnel, opened in 1999, is a 19.1 km vehicle-carrying rail tunnel in Graubünden connecting the Prättigau valley with the Engadine year-round.

Historic railroad tunnel through the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, USA, completed in 1858 under engineer Claudius Crozet, and among the longest tunnels in America at the time.

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