Vereina Tunnel

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Vereina Tunnel

Entrance of the Vereina Tunnel in Sagliains
Overview
Line	Albula Railway
Location	Graubünden, Switzerland
Status	Open
System	Rhaetian Railway
Operation
Work begun	1991
Opened	19 November 1999 (1999-11-19)
Owner	Rhaetian Railway
Operator	Rhaetian Railway
Traffic	Train
Character	Passenger and freight
Technical
Length	19,042 m (11.832 mi)
No. of tracks	Single track with Passing loops
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electrified	Overhead catenary, 11 kV AC 16 2/3 Hz
Route map
Legend Landquart–Davos Platz railway (RhB) to Landquart 32.4 km 20.1 mi Klosters Platz Landquart Landquart–Davos Platz railway (RhB) to Davos Platz Zugwald 35.0 km 21.7 mi Klosters Selfranga (car shuttle) Vereina Tunnel 37.2 km 23.1 mi Klosters Selfranga Süd 43.6 km 27.1 mi Vereina Nord 45.7 km 28.4 mi Vereina Süd 52.1 km 32.4 mi Sagliains Nord 53.7 km 33.4 mi Sasslatsch Nord 54.5 km 33.9 mi Sagliains Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway (RhB) to Bever│to Scuol-Tarasp This diagram: view talk edit

The Vereina Tunnel is a railway tunnel, and the principal part of the Vereina railway line, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the Landquart–Davos Platz and the Bever–Scuol-Tarasp lines.

First proposed during 1975, construction of the tunnel commenced during 1991 and was officially completed on 19 November 1999, ahead of schedule. In the first year alone, roughly 280,000 vehicles were recorded as having used the tunnel; since then, its usage has risen to around 450,000 vehicles per year. At 19,042 metres (62,474 ft) in length,^[1] the Vereina Tunnel is the longest tunnel on the Swiss Rhaetian Railway (RhB) network as well as the world's longest metre-gauge railway tunnel.