List of longest tunnels
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This list of longest tunnels ranks tunnels that are at least {{cvt|13|km|mi}} long. Only continuous tunnels are included. Pipelines, even those that are buried, are excluded. The longest tunnels have been constructed for water distribution, followed by tunnels for railways.
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World's longest tunnels (in use)
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Type
! Name ! Location ! Length ! Year ! Comment |
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Water supply
| {{flagicon|USA}} New York State, United States | {{convert|137000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1945 | 4.1 m in diameter (13.2 m2). New York City's main water supply tunnel. |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|Finland}} Southern Finland, Finland | {{convert|120000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1982 | 16 m2 cross section. Main water supply tunnel for the Helsinki metropolitan area in southern Finland, drilled through solid rock. |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}}Suzhou, China | {{convert|86542|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2019–2023 | Suzhou Metro Line 11 and Line 3 are connected at Weiting station with through trains passing by. Longest metro tunnel |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|China}} Liaoning, China | {{convert|85320|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 | 8 m in diameter{{cite web |url=http://www.robbinstbm.com/case-study/dahuofang-water-tunnel/ |title=Dahuofang Water Tunnel | The Robbins Company |website=Robbinstbm.com |access-date=2016-02-01 |archive-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322170135/http://www.robbinstbm.com/case-study/dahuofang-water-tunnel/ |url-status=live }} (50 m2 cross section) |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa | {{convert|82800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1972 | Longest continuous enclosed aqueduct in the Southern Hemisphere (22.5 m2 cross section). Built to divert water from the Orange River to the Great Fish River. |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Kronoberg/Scania, Sweden | {{convert|82000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1987 | 8 m2 cross section |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Chengdu, China | {{convert|68223|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2020 | Longest (independent single-line) metro/rapid transit tunnel |
Hydroelectric
| Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Tunnel | {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan | {{convert|68000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2017 | Part of the 969 MW Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant |
Wastewater
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico City, Mexico | {{convert|62500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 7 m in diameter. Longest wastewater tunnel. |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Qingdao, China | {{convert|59818|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2020–2021 | Second longest metro/rapid transit tunnel |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Guangzhou, China | {{convert|58300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2021 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Guangzhou, China | {{convert|57930|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2005–2018 | |
Metro
| Moscow Metro Bolshaya Koltsevaya line | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow, Russia | {{convert|57538|m|mi|3|abbr=on}}{{cite web | url=https://1520today.ru/blog/ne-70-km-a-57-5-kak-moskovskie-vlasti-udlinili-bolshuju-kolcevuju-liniju-metro | title=Не 70 км, а 57,5! Как московские власти «удлинили» Большую кольцевую линию метро | date=22 March 2023 | access-date=25 July 2023 | archive-date=27 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327191629/https://1520today.ru/blog/ne-70-km-a-57-5-kak-moskovskie-vlasti-udlinili-bolshuju-kolcevuju-liniju-metro | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://postimg.cc/bsQtrNg0 | title=IMG 20230327 063939 969 — Postimages | access-date=25 July 2023 | archive-date=27 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327034230/https://postimg.cc/bsQtrNg0 | url-status=live }} | 2018–2023First stretch opens in 1969 as part of line 2 | Longest metro/rapid transit circular line |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Central Swiss Alps, Switzerland | {{convert|57104|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} and {{convert|57017|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2016 | Longest conventional railway tunnel. It is also the world's longest transit tunnel by geodetic distance; {{convert|55.782|km|abbr=on}} between the two portals. Total {{convert|151.84|km|abbr=on}} of broken out tunnels through solid rocks.{{cite web |title=Project data – raw construction Gotthard Base Tunnel |url=https://www.alptransit.ch/fileadmin/dateien/media/zahlen_und_fakten/gbt_e.pdf |date=1 June 2016 |publisher=AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd |location=Lucerne, Switzerland |access-date=2016-12-15 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311190816/https://www.alptransit.ch/fileadmin/dateien/media/zahlen_und_fakten/gbt_e.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/technik/wer-hat-die-groesste-roehre/story/14922381 |title=Wer hat die grösste Röhre? |trans-title=Who has the longest tube? |type=graphical animation |newspaper=Tages-Anzeiger |location=Zurich, Switzerland |date=14 April 2016 |language=de |access-date=2016-05-11 |archive-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429131605/http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/technik/Wer-hat-die-groesste-Roehre/story/14922381 |url-status=live }} Part of the NRLA. |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|57100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2008–2013 | |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Tsugaru Strait, Japan | {{convert|53850|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1988 | 74 m2; longest railway tunnel until 2016. Longest tunnel with an undersea section, running between Honshu and Hokkaido. Undersea section measures 23.3 kilometres (14.5 mi). |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|53400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012–2018 | |
Water supply
| Želivka Water Tunnel{{cite web|first1=Vladislav|last1=Mug|first2=Vladislav|last2=Konvicka|trans-title=Underground World: Stola Water Delivery Conduit from the Water Tank Želivka to Prague|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=cs&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hornictvi.info%2Fpodzemi%2Fzelivka%2F02.htm|language=cs|title=Štolový vodovodní přivaděč z vodní nádrže Želivka do Prahy|year=2009|access-date=27 February 2010|archive-date=17 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817065627/http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=cs&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hornictvi.info%2Fpodzemi%2Fzelivka%2F02.htm|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic | {{convert|51970|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1972 | 9–12 m2 |
Metro
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|51700|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1995–2021 | Longest metro/rapid transit tunnel until Guangzhou Metro Line 3 extension opened in 2010, crosses west to east under the Seoul Capital Area. |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|51500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2023–2024 | Longest tunnel in Turkey |
Dewatering Adit
| {{flagicon|Germany}} Freiberg Mining Field, Germany | {{convert|50900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1844–1882 | 6 m2 cross section, longest tunnel until 1945. Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|France}} English Channel, United Kingdom/France | {{convert|50450|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1994 | Second longest railway tunnel until 2016. Longest underwater section, longest international tunnel (2×45 m2 + 1×18 m2), running between Folkestone, Kent, and Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais. |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul Capital Area, South Korea | {{convert|50300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tunneltalk.com/Korea-14Jul2015-Yulhyeon-Tunnel-final-breakthrough.php|title=Korea completes record setting rail excavation|website=Tunneltalk.com|access-date=16 June 2019}} | 107 m2, part of the Suseo high-speed railway. |
Water supply
| River Arpa – Lake Sevan tunnel{{cite web|url=http://gidrospetsproekt.ru/en/geografiya-obektov/image-map_rossija/armeniya/arpa-sevan-connecting-tunnel.html|title=Гидроспецпроект/Arpa-Sevan connecting tunnel|website=gidrospetsproekt.ru|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106180250/http://gidrospetsproekt.ru/en/geografiya-obektov/image-map_rossija/armeniya/arpa-sevan-connecting-tunnel.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://arpa-sevan.am/en/1961-1981-the-complex-of-hydraulic-works-for-transfer-of-the-arpa-and-yeghegis/|title=1961-1981 the Complex of Hydraulic Works for Transfer of the Arpa and Yeghegis | Arpa Sevan|access-date=21 January 2022|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122052928/http://arpa-sevan.am/en/1961-1981-the-complex-of-hydraulic-works-for-transfer-of-the-arpa-and-yeghegis/|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Armenia}} Armenia (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | 1981 | Longest tunnel built to restore ecological balance. Transfers water from the Arpa to Lake Sevan to recover its level.{{cite web|url=http://thisweekinarmenianhistory.blogspot.com/2016/03/inauguration-of-arpa-sevan-tunnel-march.html|title=This Week In Armenian History: Inauguration of the Arpa-Sevan Tunnel (March 21, 1981)|date=21 March 2016|website=Thisweekinarmenianhistory.blogspot.com|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413140400/http://thisweekinarmenianhistory.blogspot.com/2016/03/inauguration-of-arpa-sevan-tunnel-march.html|url-status=live}} |
Water supply
| Pahang – Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project{{Cite web|url=http://www.therobbinscompany.com/en/case-study/pahang-selangor-malaysia/|title=Pahang Selangor Raw Water Tunnel {{!}} The Robbins Company|website=Therobbinscompany.com|access-date=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701124812/http://www.therobbinscompany.com/en/case-study/pahang-selangor-malaysia/|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kettha.gov.my/portal/index.php?r=kandungan/index&menu1_id=1&menu2_id=92&menu3_id=157|title=Laman Web Rasmi Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air|website=Kettha.gov.my|access-date=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724232231/http://www.kettha.gov.my/portal/index.php?r=kandungan%2Findex&menu1_id=1&menu2_id=92&menu3_id=157|archive-date=24 July 2018|url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Pahang & Selangor, Malaysia | {{convert|44600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2014 | 5.2 m in diameter |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Wuhan, China | {{convert|44347|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012–2019 |
Metro
| Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line (Zyablikovo – Fiztekh) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow Metro, Russia (construction started at the time of {{Flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|44300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1995–2023 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|44200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009–2010 | |
Water supply
| #1 Tunnel, Yellow River Diversion to Shanxi North Line | {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|43670|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2011 |
Water supply
| #7 Tunnel, Yellow River Diversion to Shanxi South Line | {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|43500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2002 |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|42600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012–2021 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|42300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2021 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Chengdu, China | {{convert|42300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2019 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|42000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2015–2021 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Tianjin, China | {{convert|42000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2016–2021 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} MRT, Singapore | {{convert|41900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/downtown-line-3-officially-opened-khaw-announces-plans-to-make-transfers-between|title=Downtown Line 3 officially opens; Khaw Boon Wan announces review of fares incurred when switching between stations | the Straits Times|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=20 October 2017|access-date=1 February 2022|archive-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703111106/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/downtown-line-3-officially-opened-khaw-announces-plans-to-make-transfers-between|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/public-transport/projects/downtown-line/stages.html |title=Stages | Land Transport Authority |website=lta.gov.sg |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703122517/http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/public-transport/projects/downtown-line/stages.html |archive-date=3 July 2014 |url-status=dead}} | 2013–2017 | Longest rapid transit line in South East Asia |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Nanjing, China |{{convert|41567|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2011–2015 | From Xinghuolu station to Mozhoudonglu station. |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Suzhou, China | {{convert|41500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2017 | |
Metro
| Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line (Altufyevo – Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow Metro, Russia (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|41470|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1983–2002 | |
Metro
| Madrid Metro: Line 12 (MetroSur) | {{flagicon|Spain}} Madrid, Spain | {{convert|40900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1999–2003 | |
Metro
| Tocho-mae – Shiodome – Hikarigaoka (Toei Oedo Line) | {{flagicon|Japan}} Tokyo, Japan | {{convert|40700|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1991–2000 |
Hydroelectric
| Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant | {{flagicon|Iceland}} Fljótsdalshreppur, Iceland | {{convert|39700|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2003–2007 | 7.2–7.6 meters in diameter (45 m2 cross section). Part of a wider complex of tunnels that are 72 kilometers in length combined. |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|USA}} Massachusetts, United States | {{convert|39600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1933 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Chengdu, China | {{convert|39300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2015–2017 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Chengdu, China | {{convert|38600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2017 | |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 3 (Apgujeong–Ogeum) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|38200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1985–2010 | |
Metro
| Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (Novoyasenevskaya – Medvedkovo) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow Metro, Russia (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|37800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1958–1990 | Longest railway tunnel 1978–1984 and from November 1987 till March 1988; longest metro/rapid transit tunnel 1990–1995 |
Metro
| Shenzhen Subway: Luobao Line | {{flagicon|China}} Shenzhen, China | {{convert|37497|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009–2011 | |
Metro
|{{flagicon|China}} Chengdu, China | {{convert|37470|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010–2018 | |
Water supply
| Harold D. Roberts Tunnel{{Cite web|last=Wahlstrom|first=Ernest E|year=1974|title=History of Geologic Investigations, Engineering Design, and Construction Methods of the Harold D. Roberts Tunnel, Colorado|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0831a/report.pdf|access-date=30 October 2020|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024151144/https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0831a/report.pdf|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|USA}} Colorado, United States | {{convert|37464|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1962 | Diverts water from the Colorado River watershed to the South Platte River watershed for use in the Denver metropolitan area. Flows across Continental Divide. 4,465 feet (1,361 m) below the surface at its deepest point. |
Metro
| Shenzhen Subway: Shekou Line | {{flagicon|China}} Shenzhen, China | {{convert|36146|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010–2011 | |
Water supply
| Dawushan Tunnel, Niulan River Diversion to Dianchi | {{flagicon|China}} Yunnan, China | {{convert|36137|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2013 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} MRT, Singapore | {{convert|35700|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009–2012 | |
Metro
| Busan Metro: Line 2 (Dongwon–Jangsan) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Busan, South Korea | {{convert|35500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1999–2009 | |
Railway
| {{flagicon|China}} Dongguan, China | {{convert|35391|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2016 | Dongguan–Huizhou intercity railway, longest railway tunnel in China |
Metro
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|35100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2001 | |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 7 (Cheongdam–Bupyeong-gu Office) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, Incheon, Bucheon and Gwangmyeong in South Korea | {{convert|35100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000–2012 | |
Metro
| | {{flagicon|China}} Tianjin, China | {{convert|34800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2018–2021 | |
Railway Single Track
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Bernese Alps, Switzerland | {{convert|34577|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | Longest land railway tunnel until Gotthard Base Tunnel was opened; two single track tubes along 12 km, only single track along 22 km. Part of the NRLA. |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|34050|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | |
Water supply
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} England, United Kingdom | {{convert|34000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1983 (and earlier) | Northumbrian water supply tunnel. |
Metro
|{{flagicon|China}} Guangzhou, China | {{convert|33900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010–2020 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Madrid, Spain | {{convert|32919|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1974–2007 | |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Qinghai, China | {{convert|32645|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | Longest tunnel on the upgraded dual-track Xining–Golmud section of Qinghai–Tibet Railway, longest railway tunnel in China until 2016, 3323.58–3380.97 meters above sea level |
Metro
| Meijo Line – Meikō Line | {{flagicon|Japan}} Nagoya Municipal Subway, Japan | {{convert|32400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1965–2004 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Guangzhou, China | {{convert|32000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | |
Metro
| Rathaus Spandau–Rudow (U7) | {{flagicon|Germany}} Berlin U-Bahn, Germany | {{convert|31800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1924–1984 | |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Ankara, Turkey | {{convert|31592|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 5.2 m in diameter |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Bundang Line (Seoul Forest–Jukjeon) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, Seongnam and Yongin in South Korea | {{convert|31400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1994–2012 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Daegu and Gyeongsan in South Korea | {{convert|31400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2005–2012 | |
Wastewater
| Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Deep Tunnel Phase 1 | {{flagicon|USA}} Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States | {{convert|31221|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1993 | 405 million gallons of combined sewage storage designed to prevent sewage overflow into Lake Michigan. The largest of three phases, totalling 521 million gallons of storage.{{cite web |title=Milwaukee Deep Tunnels |url=https://www.mmsd.com/what-we-do/wastewater-treatment/deep-tunnel |website=MMSD.com |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=6 June 2021 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606184313/https://www.mmsd.com/what-we-do/wastewater-treatment/deep-tunnel |url-status=live }} |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|31040|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1971–2000 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Romania}} Bucharest, Romania | {{convert|31010|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1979–1992 | 8,670 m, shared with M3 line. Nether less one continuous tunnel. |
Metro
| Côte-Vertu – Montmorency (Line 2 Orange) | {{flagicon|Canada}} Montreal Metro, Canada | {{convert|30798|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1966–2007 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|30187|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Russia}} Saint Petersburg Metro, Russia (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|30100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1961–2006 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Guangzhou, China | {{convert|29900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 | |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|United States}} Catskill Mountains, New York, United States | {{convert|29780|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1924 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|29650|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007–2009 | |
Metro
| Prospekt Veteranov – Devyatkino (line 1) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Saint Petersburg Metro, Russia (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|29600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1955–1978 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|29600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | |
Water supply
| Evinos – Mornos Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://www.selitunnel.com/pdf_articoli/9.PDF |title=EVINOS-MORNOS TUNNEL – GREECE |website=Selitunnel.com |access-date=2016-02-01 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513015626/http://www.selitunnel.com/pdf_articoli/9.PDF |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://new.onemine.org/search/summary.cfm/EvinosMornos-Tunnel--Greece-Construction-of-a-30-Km-Long-Hydraulic-Tunnel-in-Less-Than-Three-Years-Under-the-Most-Adverse-Geological-Conditions?d=4196E212BCD1388ED3A7769E6B77DD7AF1E26CB727E7188DA9D6416E43747A8F37321 |title= Evinos-Mornos Tunnel – Greece Construction of a 30 km Long Hydraulic Tunnel in Less Than Three Years Under the Most Adverse Geological Conditions – Document Summary|website=new.onemine.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213003221/http://new.onemine.org/search/summary.cfm/EvinosMornos-Tunnel--Greece-Construction-of-a-30-Km-Long-Hydraulic-Tunnel-in-Less-Than-Three-Years-Under-the-Most-Adverse-Geological-Conditions?d=4196E212BCD1388ED3A7769E6B77DD7AF1E26CB727E7188DA9D6416E43747A8F37321 |archive-date=13 December 2013}} | {{flagicon|Greece}} Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece | {{convert|29400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1995 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Chengdu, China | {{convert|29000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012–2013 | Only includes phases 1 and 2 |
Water supply
| Hultman Aqueduct{{cite web | pages = 7–26 | url = http://www.mwra.com/publications/masterplan/2006/water.pdf | title = Water System Master Plan | author = Massachusetts Water Resources Authority | date = December 2006 | author-link = Massachusetts Water Resources Authority | access-date = 7 July 2013 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185120/http://www.mwra.com/publications/masterplan/2006/water.pdf | url-status = live }} | {{flagicon|United States}} Eastern Massachusetts, United States | {{convert|28640|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1939 | {{convert|11.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} to {{convert|14|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} diameter (15m2 cross section); offline for rehabilitation |
Metro
| {{Flagicon|Australia}} Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | {{convert|28500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2019-2024 | The line runs from Sydenham to Chatswood and extends to the 13 km Epping to Chatswood rail link. It forms part of the wider Sydney Metro project. |
Railway Twin Tube
| Guadarrama Tunnel{{cite web|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0007961|title=Guadarrama Tunnel|work=Structurae|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005141750/http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0007961|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Spain}} Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain | {{convert|28377|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | |
Water supply
| MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel{{cite web | pages = 7–25 | url = http://www.mwra.com/publications/masterplan/2006/water.pdf | title = Water System Master Plan | author = Massachusetts Water Resources Authority | date = December 2006 | author-link = Massachusetts Water Resources Authority | access-date = 7 July 2013 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185120/http://www.mwra.com/publications/masterplan/2006/water.pdf | url-status = live }} | {{flagicon|United States}} Eastern Massachusetts, United States | {{convert|28300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2003 | {{convert|14|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} diameter (15m2 cross section) |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Gansu, China | {{convert|28236|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2016 |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Taiwan}} Taipei, Taiwan | {{convert|28200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1999–2015 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|28165|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009–2010 | |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 9 (Gimpo Airport–Sports Complex) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|28100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009–2015 | |
Railway Single Tube
| Taihang Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://www.tunnelintelligence.com/awards-in-detail-50.html |title=Awards |website=tunnelintelligence.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208134434/http://www.tunnelintelligence.com/awards-in-detail-50.html |archive-date=8 February 2012}} | {{flagicon|China}} Taihang Mountains, China | {{convert|27848|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | On Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway |
Metro
| Morden–East Finchley (Northern line) | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} London Underground, England, United Kingdom | {{convert|27800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1890–1940 | Longest railway tunnel in UK |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shenyang, China | {{convert|27800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | |
Water supply
| Melamchi Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|Nepal}} Melamchi to Kathmandu, Nepal | {{convert|27000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Incheon Line 1 (Bakchon–International Business District) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Incheon, South Korea | {{convert|27000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1999–2009 | |
Metro
| Dainichi–Nagahara (Tanimachi Line) | {{flagicon|Japan}} Osaka Metro, Japan | {{convert|26900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1967–1983 | |
Particle accelerator
| LEP Tunnel{{cite web|url=http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/Facts-en.html|title=The LHC, Facts and figures|publisher=CERN|year=2008|access-date=2 July 2009|archive-date=16 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716140645/http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/Facts-en.html|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|France}} CERN, Switzerland/France | {{convert|26659|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1988 (breakthrough) | 11.3–15.9 m2 circular ring, now used by Large Hadron Collider |
Railway Single Tube
| Hakkōda Tunnel (Tōhoku Shinkansen) | {{flagicon|Japan}} Hakkōda Mountains, Japan | {{convert|26455|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | 64–74 m2 |
Water supply
| Şanlıurfa Irrigation Tunnels | {{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey | {{convert|26400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|26263|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007–2010 | |
Hydroelectric
| Gilgel Gibe II Power Station headrace tunnel | {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} Ethiopia | {{convert|26000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2005–2009 | Tunnel partially collapsed, was repaired in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.tunneltalk.com/Gilgel-Gibe-II-Feb10-collapse.php|title=Collapse of headrace tunnel after grand opening|publisher=Tunnel Talk|access-date=27 September 2010|date=February 2010|archive-date=20 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920061557/http://tunneltalk.com/Gilgel-Gibe-II-Feb10-collapse.php|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/27/ethiopia-s-gilgel-gibe-ii-hydropower-plant-resumes-operation|title=Ethiopia's Gilgel Gibe II hydropower plant resumes operation|website=nazret.com|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006170512/http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/27/ethiopia-s-gilgel-gibe-ii-hydropower-plant-resumes-operation|url-status=live}} |
Water supply
| #5 Tunnel, Yellow River Diversion to Shanxi South Line | {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|26000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2002 |
Metro
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Daegu, South Korea | {{convert|25900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1997–2002 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} Bangkok, Thailand | {{convert|25800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2004 | Second phase opened in September 2019 |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Ōu Mountains, Japan | {{convert|25810|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2002 |Part of the Tōhoku Shinkansen |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|United States}} Eastern Massachusetts, United States | {{convert|25750|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1878 | Emergency backup use |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Suzhou, China | {{convert|25739|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007–2011 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Greece}} Athens, Greece | {{convert|25200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1992–2022 | Line 3 is actually 46.5 km long, but only 25.2 km of it are underground. |
Metro
| Helsinki metro (Kivenlahti–Sörnäinen) | {{flagicon|Finland}} | {{convert|25200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1982–2022 | |
Metro
| Taipei Metro: Orange Line (Huilong – Nanshijiao) | {{flagicon|Taiwan}} Taipei, Taiwan | {{convert|25100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1998–2013 | |
Railway Twin Tube
| Musil Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?linkid=441&articleid=20100909182956897l6&newssetid=5 |script-title=ko:원주~제천 중앙선 복선전철 2011년 6월 착공 |language=ko |date=2010-09-09 |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=19 October 2010 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526062213/https://www.webcitation.org/6Af1Q53jQ?url=http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm%3Flinkid=441 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cse.co.kr/eng/results/res_D.asp?idx=296 |title=Feasibility study and basic plan of Jungang Line for double track between Wonju and Jecheon |publisher=Chunsuk Engineering |access-date=19 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722133253/http://www.cse.co.kr/eng/results/res_D.asp?idx=296 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Wonju–Jecheon (Jungang Line), South Korea | {{convert|25080|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Asturias/León, Spain | {{convert|24667|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2023 | |
Road
| {{flagicon|Norway}} Lærdal – Aurland, Norway | {{convert|24510|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000 | World's longest road tunnel |
Metro
| Yellow Line (Delhi Metro): GTB Nagar – Qutub Minar{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20100829/1576007.html|title=Gurgaon Metro set for operationalisation next week|website=News.webindia123.com|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130195040/https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20100829/1576007.html|url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|India}} Delhi, India | {{convert|24000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2004–2010 | Longest tunnel in India |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Madrid, Spain | {{convert|23876|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1919–2007 | |
Railway
|{{flagicon|Austria}} west of Vienna, Austria | {{convert|23844|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | Breakthrough 2007 |
Wastewater
| Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 1{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/environment/water/harbourarea.htm|title=GovHK: Harbour Area Treatment Scheme|date=25 November 2015|publisher=Government of Hong Kong|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230221213/http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/environment/water/harbourarea.htm|archive-date=30 December 2015|url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong, China (construction started in {{Flagicon|British Hong Kong}} British Hong Kong) | {{convert|23600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2001 | |
Water supply
| Eucumbene-Snowy Tunnel{{cite web|url=http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/hsc/snowy/civil.htm|title=Snowy! Power of a nation|website=Powerhousemuseum.com|access-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204431/http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/hsc/snowy/civil.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{Citation | author1=Spooner, William | title=Eucumbene-tumut tunnel ready for service ahead of schedule | date=1959-07-08 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/195057842 | access-date=16 June 2019 | archive-date=15 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515172130/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/195057842 | url-status=live }} | {{flagicon|Australia}} New South Wales, Australia | {{convert|23500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1965 | Part of the 145 km tunnel network of the Snowy Mountains Scheme |
Railway
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|23473|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2 tubes, part of Shanxi–Henan–Shandong railway |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Madrid, Spain | {{convert|23472|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1979–2007 | |
Metro
| Angrignon – Honoré-Beaugrand (Line 1 Green) | {{flagicon|Canada}} Montreal Metro, Canada | {{convert|23262|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1966–2007 | |
Metro
| Warsaw Metro Line 1: Kabaty – Młociny | {{flagicon|Poland}} Warsaw, Poland | {{convert|23100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1983–2008 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|23100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1969–1987 | |
Hydroelectric
| Xinma Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|22975|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 | |
Railway
| Iiyama Tunnel{{cite web|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0014094|title=Iiyama Tunnel|work=Structurae|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=14 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514032249/http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0014094|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Japan}} Iiyama, Japan | {{convert|22225|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2015 | Part of the Hokuriku Shinkansen |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Mount Tanigawa, Japan | {{convert|22221|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1982 | Longest railway tunnel until Seikan Tunnel was opened. |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|Australia}} New South Wales, Australia | {{convert|22200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1959 | Part of the 145 km tunnel network of the Snowy Mountains Scheme |
Road
|{{flagicon|Australia}} Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |{{convert|22000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} |2023 | |
Railway
| Daegwallyeong Tunnel | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Pyeongchang–Gangneung (Gyeonggang Line), South Korea | {{convert|21755|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Water supply
| Vorotan–Arpa Tunnel{{cite web | url=http://arpa-sevan.am/en/1995-2003-complex-of-hydraulic-structures-for-diversion-of-the-vorotan-river-runoff-to-the-basin-of-the-arpa-river/ | title=1995-2003 "Complex of Hydraulic Structures for Diversion of the Vorotan River Runoff to the Basin of the Arpa River" | Arpa Sevan | access-date=21 January 2022 | archive-date=29 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129173353/http://arpa-sevan.am/en/1995-2003-complex-of-hydraulic-structures-for-diversion-of-the-vorotan-river-runoff-to-the-basin-of-the-arpa-river/ | url-status=live }} | {{flagicon|Armenia}} Armenia (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|21652|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2004 | |
Particle accelerator (incomplete)
|{{flagicon|Russia}} Protvino, Russia (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|21000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1994 (breakthrough) | Construction stopped after finishing of main circle tunnel, future is unclear |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Foshan, China |{{convert|20900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|20785|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2011 | 2 tubes: left tube is 20785 meters, right tube is 20738 meters |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|20740|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2005–2007 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona, Spain | {{convert|20700|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1926–1992 | |
Hydroelectric
| Ward Tunnel{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} | {{flagicon|USA}} California, United States | {{convert|20610|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1920–1925 | Part of the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project of the Southern California Edison Company. Excavated through solid granite. |
Metro
| Busan Metro: Line 1 (Hadan-Busan Nat'l Univ. of Education) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Busan, South Korea | {{convert|20600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1985–1994 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Xi'an, China | {{convert|20500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2011 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Daejeon, South Korea | {{convert|20470|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2006–2007 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Nanjing, China | {{convert|20380|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|20336|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | |
Railway
| Geumjeong Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://civileng7.tistory.com/1020 |script-title=ko:경부고속철도 금정터널 개요 |date=2009-07-06 |publisher=Civil Engineering |language=ko |access-date=28 August 2010 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311181626/http://civileng7.tistory.com/1020 |url-status=live }} | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Busan, South Korea | {{convert|20323|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Wuwei, China | {{convert|20060|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2006–2007 | 2 tubes: left tube is 20060 meters, right tube is 20050 meters |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|Peru}} Guabal, Peru | {{convert|20000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|20000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2017–2018 | M5 line (Üsküdar-Çekmeköy) is 20 km with depot line. Line is 30.9 km with Çekmeköy-Sultanbeyli Phase. |
Electric power transmission tunnel
| The London Connection{{cite web|url=http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/9C1D698E86B2F7ED8025700C00539EFB.aspx|title=ABB starts to make 'The London Connection'|date=2004-08-14|publisher=ABB Group|quote=a 20 km long three-metre diameter tunnel|access-date=8 February 2009|archive-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305050156/http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/9C1D698E86B2F7ED8025700C00539EFB.aspx|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} London, England, United Kingdom | {{convert|20000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2005{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgrid.com/NR/rdonlyres/DE652156-CC9B-4559-9FA1-40210B4B411C/583/London_Connection_MediaReleasefinal.pdf|title=£200M London Connection Project is Commissioned|date=September 2005|publisher=National Grid plc|access-date=8 February 2009|quote=This 20 km long tunnel contains one of the longest 400 kV XLPE cable circuits to be installed in Europe.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217010641/http://www.nationalgrid.com/NR/rdonlyres/DE652156-CC9B-4559-9FA1-40210B4B411C/583/London_Connection_MediaReleasefinal.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2010|url-status=dead}} | National Grid plc, 3-metre diameter, 400 kilovolt circuit |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Italy}} Lepontine Alps, Switzerland/Italy | {{convert|19803|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1906 | Parallel tunnel was opened in 1922 (19,824 m long); longest transit tunnel until Daishimizu Tunnel was opened. Part of the NRLA. |
Hydroelectric
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Mantaro Hydroelectricity Project|es|Central hidroeléctrica del Mantaro}} Tunnel | {{flagicon|Peru}} Colcabamba, Peru | {{convert|19800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Railway
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Fukui Prefecture, Japan |{{convert|19760|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} |2024 |Part of the Hokuriku Shinkansen |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Norway}} Oslo, Norway | {{convert|19500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.banenor.no/Prosjekter/prosjekter/follobanen/|title=Follobanen – Bane NOR|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725193546/https://www.banenor.no/Prosjekter/prosjekter/follobanen/|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/innenriks/kong-harald-apnet-follobanen/15350032/ | title=Kong Harald åpnet Follobanen | date=12 December 2022 | access-date=4 July 2023 | archive-date=4 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004011247/https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/innenriks/kong-harald-apnet-follobanen/15350032/ | url-status=live }} |
Metro
| Koltsevaya Line (Circle Line) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow Metro, Russia (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|19400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1950–1954 | |
Hydroelectric
| Futang Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|19319|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Bundang Line (Suwon station–Jukjeon station) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Yongin and Suwon in South Korea | {{convert|19300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007–2013 | |
Railway Single Tube
| Qamchiq Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/23/c_135458470.htm |title=Chinese, Uzbek leaders hail inauguration of Central Asia's longest railway tunnel – Xinhua | English.news.cn |agency=Xinhua News Agency |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623010459/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/23/c_135458470.htm |archive-date=23 June 2016 |url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} Angren–Pap railway, Uzbekistan | {{convert|19200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2016 | Longest non-metro railway tunnel in ex-USSR |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} MRT, Singapore | {{convert|19200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2003–2011 | World's first fully automated and driverless underground rapid transit line |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Suzhou, China | {{convert|19146|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009–2012 | |
Metro
|{{flagicon|Belarus}} Minsk Metro, Belarus (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|19100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1984–2014 | |
Railway Single Track
| Vereina | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Silvretta, Switzerland | {{convert|19058|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1999 | Single track with passing loops, metre gauge |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 4 (Ssangmun–Ichon) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|19000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1980 | |
Wastewater
| Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2{{cite web|url=http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/profile/latest/esb129.pdf#Page=6|title=Project Profile for Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A|publisher=Government of Hong Kong|access-date=2016-02-01|archive-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103082510/http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/profile/latest/esb129.pdf#Page=6|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong, China | {{convert|18800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2015 | |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Kanmon Straits, Japan | {{convert|18713|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1975 |Part of the San'yō Shinkansen |
Hydroelectric
| Shiziping Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|18712|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Railway Single Tube
| Vaglia | {{flagicon|Italy}} Bologna – Firenze, Italy | {{convert|18711|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 |
Hydroelectric
| Baoxing Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|18676|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Italy | {{convert|18507|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1934 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Kyiv Metro, Ukraine (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|18480|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1976–2013 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|18460|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2013–2022 | |
Railway Twin Tube
| Qinling Tunnel I-II | {{flagicon|China}} Qin Mountains, China | {{convert|18460|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000 | 2 tubes: left tube is 18460 meters, right tube is 18456 meters{{cite journal|title=Precise leveling of the very long Qinling mountain tunnel| doi=10.1007/BF02826808|volume=3|journal=Geo-spatial Information Science|pages=57–61|year=2000|last1=Zhenglu|first1=Zhang|last2=Zhentao|first2=Yang|last3=Shaquan|first3=Xu|last4=Xiangduo|first4=Zhang| issue=1| bibcode=2000GSIS....3...57Z|doi-access=free}} |
Hydroelectric
| Tatev Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|Armenia}} Armenia (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|18400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1970 | |
Road Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Tokyo, Japan | {{convert|18200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2015 | |
Railway
| South Taihangshan Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|18125|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2 tubes, part of Shanxi–Henan–Shandong railway |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|18110|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1995 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Belarus}} Minsk Metro, Belarus (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|18100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1990–2005 | |
Road Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Shaanxi, China | {{convert|18040|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | The longest road tunnel in China |
Metro
| Line 2 (Athens Metro){{cite web|url=http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=22&L=1|title=Urban Rail Transport SA :METRO Line 1|website=Amel.gr|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=19 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519043846/http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=22&L=1|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Greece}} Athens, Greece | {{convert|17900|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1991–2013 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|17825|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | |
Hydroelectric
| Shuakhevi headrace and pressure tunnel | {{flagicon|Georgia}} Shuakhevi, Adjara, Georgia | {{convert|17800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}}[http://bankwatch.org/sites/default/files/briefing-ShuakheviHPP-Georgia-2May2014.pdf The Shuakhevi hydropower plant project, Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728052143/http://bankwatch.org/sites/default/files/briefing-ShuakheviHPP-Georgia-2May2014.pdf |date=28 July 2014 }} | 2013–2017 | |
Metro
| Ankara Metro (AKM-Koru) | {{flagicon|Turkey}} Ankara, Turkey | {{convert|19660|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1997–2014 | M1 line is tunnel in Kızılay between AKM, M2 line is completely underground. |
Road
| {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|17500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2008 | The deepest transportation tunnel in China |
Metro
| Shenzhen Subway: Longgang Line | {{flagicon|China}} Shenzhen, China | {{convert|17333|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010–2011 | |
Metro
| Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line |{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Kharkiv Metro, Ukraine (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|17300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1975–1978 | |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Shinbundang Line | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul and Seongnam in South Korea | {{convert|17300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2011 | |
Water supply
| Mavi Tünel (Blue Tunnel){{cite web|url=http://www.mavitunel.com/ |title=Bağbaşı Barajı ve Mavi Tünel'i İnşaatı – Konya |website=Mavitunel.com |access-date=2016-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129085315/http://www.mavitunel.com/ |archive-date=29 January 2016 }} |{{flagicon|Turkey}} Konya, Turkey | {{convert|17034|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | Breakthrough 2007 |
Road
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Lepontine Alps, Switzerland | {{convert|16918|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1980 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Guangzhou, China | {{convert|16790|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2005 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} İzmir, Turkey | {{convert|16750|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000–2023 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona, Spain | {{convert|16700|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1929–1999 | |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 2 (Jamsil–Sillim) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|16700|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1980–1984 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona, Spain | {{convert|16600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1924–2001 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona, Spain | {{convert|16600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1959–1983 | |
Water supply
| Murrumbidgee-Eucumbene Tunnel | {{flagicon|Australia}} New South Wales, Australia | {{convert|16600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1961 | Part of the 145 km tunnel network of the Snowy Mountains Scheme |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|16500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000–2009 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China | {{convert|16500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2011–2012 | |
Hydroelectric
| Jinkang Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|16490|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2006 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Madrid, Spain | {{convert|16467|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1998–2007 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Guangzhou, China | {{convert|16449|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1997 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Madrid, Spain | {{convert|16424|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1939–2007 | |
Railway
| Rokkō Tunnel{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-tunnel.org/nttj/statistical_data/index2.html|title=New Tunneling Technology in Japan / Statistical Data|publisher=Japan-tunnel.org|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115174556/http://www.japan-tunnel.org/nttj/statistical_data/index2.html|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|Japan}} Mount Rokkō, Japan | {{convert|16250|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1972 |Part of the San'yō Shinkansen |
Railway
| Solan Tunnel{{cite web |script-title=ko:대우건설 솔안터널 관통식 |url=http://www.asiaeconomy.co.kr/uhtml/read.php?idxno=2006120711251167615 |language=ko |publisher=Asia Economy |date=2006-12-07 |access-date=6 October 2008 |archive-date=23 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723032032/http://www.asiae.co.kr/uhtml/read.php?idxno=2006120711251167615 |url-status=dead }} |{{flagicon|South Korea}} Taebaek, Gangwon-do, South Korea | {{convert|16240|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | Taebaek Line, includes a spiral |
Hydroelectric Twin Tube
| Kemano T1 and T2{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Plan-view-of-Kemano-T1-and-T2-tunnels-Morgenroth-2016_fig1_337086338|title=Plan view of Kemano T1 and T2 tunnels (Morgenroth, 2016). | Download Scientific Diagram|access-date=28 March 2023|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328155153/https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Plan-view-of-Kemano-T1-and-T2-tunnels-Morgenroth-2016_fig1_337086338|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Canada}} Kemano, Canada | {{convert|16000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1954; 2022 | T1 was completed in 1954 and T2 was completed in May, 2022,{{Cite web |title=Rio Tinto completes Kemano hydropower project |url=https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/releases/2022/rio-tinto-completes-kemano-hydropower-project |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=riotinto.com |language=en |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328155153/https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/releases/2022/rio-tinto-completes-kemano-hydropower-project |url-status=live }} both are in operation. |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 7 (Suraksan–Konkuk University) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|16000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1996 | |
Railway
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Münsterertunnel|de|Münsterertunnel}} |{{flagicon|Austria}} Tyrol, Austria | {{convert|15990|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | |
Railway
| Xiangshan Tunnel 象山隧道 | {{flagicon|China}} Fujian, China | {{convert|15917|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | 2 tubes, part of Longyan–Xiamen Railway |
Railway
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Terfnertunnel|de|Terfener Tunnel}} | {{flagicon|Austria}} Tyrol, Austria | {{convert|15840|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | |
Former railway
| Henderson Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://www.climaxmolybdenum.com/WorldwideLocations/USA_Colorado_Henderson.htm |title=Climax Molybdenum – A Freeport-McMoRan Company|website=climaxmolybdenum.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630180945/http://www.climaxmolybdenum.com/WorldwideLocations/USA_Colorado_Henderson.htm |archive-date=30 June 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.robl.w1.com/Transport/tunnel.htm |title= Longest Railroad Tunnels|website=robl.w1.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526160741/http://www.robl.w1.com/Transport/tunnel.htm |archive-date=26 May 2012}} | {{flagicon|United States}} Front Range, United States | {{convert|15800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1976 | Narrow gauge railway, replaced by a conveyor belt in 1999. Only one portal (served an underground mine){{cite web|url=http://www.transportwriter.com/writings/writing4_minetram.htm|title=Transport Writer|website=Transportwriter.com|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040706/http://www.transportwriter.com/writings/writing4_minetram.htm|url-status=dead}} |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|15800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2013–2024 | |
Water supply
| Pandaoling Tunnel, Datong River Diversion to Shaanxi Project | {{flagicon|China}} Shaanxi, China | {{convert|15723|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1994 | |
Metro
| Copenhagen Metro: City Circle Line | {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark | {{convert|15500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2019 | Longest railway tunnel in Denmark and Scandinavia |
Metro
| Budapest Metro: Line 3{{cite web|title=3-as metróvonal jellemzői|url=http://metros.hu/vonal/jellemzok_m3.html|website=Metros.hu|access-date=27 March 2016|language=hu|archive-date=10 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210001223/http://metros.hu/vonal/jellemzok_m3.html|url-status=live}} | {{flagicon|Hungary}} Hungary | {{convert|15500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1976–1990 | Line 3 is actually 17.39 km long, but only 15.5 km of it is underground. |
Railway Single Track
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Urner Alps, Switzerland | {{convert|15442|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1982 | Single track with passing loops, metre gauge |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Lepontine Alps, Switzerland | {{convert|15400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2020 | Part of the NRLA |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 3 (Gupabal–Geumho) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, South Korea | {{convert|15400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1985 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Tianjin, China | {{convert|15378|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1976–2006 | |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Gunma Prefecture, Japan | {{convert|15350|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1982 |Part of the Jōetsu Shinkansen |
Railway Single Track
| {{flagicon|Russia}} Severomuysky Range, Russia (construction started at the time of {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|15343|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2003 | |
Wastewater
| Deer Island Outfall Tunnel{{cite web | pages = 3-5, 3-9 | url = http://www.mwra.com/publications/masterplan/2006/wastewater.pdf | title = Wastewater Master Plan | author = Massachusetts Water Resources Authority | date = December 2006 | author-link = Massachusetts Water Resources Authority | access-date = 7 July 2013 | archive-date = 8 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120808130735/http://www.mwra.com/publications/masterplan/2006/wastewater.pdf | url-status = live }} | {{flagicon|United States}} Deer Island, Boston, Massachusetts, United States | {{convert|15290|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000 | {{convert|24|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} diameter (42m2 cross section); discharges treated effluent into Atlantic Ocean |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Bologna – Firenze, Italy | {{convert|15285|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 |
Hydroelectric
| Inguri Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|Georgia}} Georgia (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|15279|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1978 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai, China | {{convert|15274|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2000 | Between Zhanjianggaoke station and Lingkong Station |
Water supply
| Jinquidi Tunnel, Niulan River Diversion to Dianchi | {{flagicon|China}} Yunnan, China | {{convert|15257|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2013 | |
Hydroelectric
| Baotan Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Guangxi, China | {{convert|15200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Nagano Prefecture, Japan | {{convert|15175|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1997 |Part of the Hokuriku Shinkansen |
Hydroelectric
| Xuecheng Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnelhttp://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/z/4/R0BX9WPCSNKHQVUTI37E24A8YOZM16.pdf/Sichuan%20Xuecheng%20Hydropower%20Project%28clear%20version%29%20.pdf?t=Mnh8bnQ1N2NofDDMMDpZU98Wvug0iq9fFgy2 {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} | {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|15174|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | |
Railway Single Track
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Paola – Cosenza, Italy | {{convert|15040|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1987 | |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Lepontine Alps, Switzerland | {{convert|15003|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1882 | Longest transit tunnel until Simplon Tunnel was opened. |
Metro
| Gwangju Metro: Line 1 (Sotae station–Dosan station) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Gwangju, South Korea | {{convert|15000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2004 | |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Gunma Prefecture, Japan | {{convert|14857|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1982 | Part of the Jōetsu Shinkansen |
Water supply
| Dangara Irrigation Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://www.gidrospetsproekt.ru/en/geografiya-obektov/image-map_rossija/tadzhikistan/dangarinskij-gidrotexnicheskij-tonnel.html |title=Р"идроспецпроекС'/Dangarinsky Hydrotechnical tunnel in Tajikistan |website=Gidrospetsproekt.ru |access-date=2016-02-01 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701170627/http://www.gidrospetsproekt.ru/en/geografiya-obektov/image-map_rossija/tadzhikistan/dangarinskij-gidrotexnicheskij-tonnel.html |url-status=live }} | {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Nurek, Tajikistan (at the time of construction {{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union) | {{convert|14800|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1987 | |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Peru}} Ilo-Toquepala / Cuajone Industrial Railroad – Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Peru | 1975 | |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Canada}} Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park, Canada | {{convert|14723|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1989 | |
Railway (Maglev)
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Yamanashi, Japan | {{convert|14613|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1996 | Part of the Chuo Shinkansen (Maglev). Already used as Yamanashi Test Track since 1996. |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Bernese Alps, Switzerland | {{convert|14612|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1913 | |
Water supply
| Caoe River Diversion Project | {{flagicon|China}} Zhejiang, China | {{convert|14600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2011 | |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Norway}} Oslo – Lillestrøm, Norway | {{convert|14580|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1999 | |
Railway
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|14573|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2014 | Part of Shanxi–Henan–Shandong railway. |
Water supply
|{{flagicon|Australia}} New South Wales, Australia | {{convert|14500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1966 | Part of the 145 km tunnel network of the Snowy Mountains Scheme |
Metro
| Seoul Subway: Line 4 (Isu–Beomgye) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul, Gwacheon and Anyang in South Korea | {{convert|14500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1980–1994 | |
Road Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Torul–Maçka, Turkey | Longest road tunnel in Turkey |
Hydroelectric
| Jisha Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Yunnan, China | {{convert|14467|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | |
Road Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Norway}} Stavanger–Strand, Norway | {{convert|14400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2019 | Longest underwater road tunnel in the world |
Water supply
| #6 Tunnel, Yellow River Diversion to Shanxi South Line | {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|14400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2002 |
Water supply
| Ala Mountain Pass Water Supply Project | {{flagicon|China}} Xinjiang, China | {{convert|14346|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | |
Road Twin Tube
| Ovit Tunnel{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/20546715.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet Daily News |title=Başbakan Ovit Dağı Tüneli'nin temelini attı |author=Kaçar, Muhammet |date=2012-05-13 |language=tr |access-date=13 May 2012 |archive-date=16 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516020002/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/20546715.asp |url-status=live }} | {{flagicon|Turkey}} Erzurum Province–Rize Province, Turkey | {{convert|14346|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2018 | |
Metro
| Stockholm Metro: Tunnelbana 3 (Blue Line) Kungsträdgården–Hjulsta | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm, Sweden | {{convert|14300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1975–1977 | |
Railway Single Tube
| Dayaoshan Tunnel{{cite web|url=http://www.ita-aites.org/cms/564.html|title=2010 – Activity Report – ITA-AITES|website=Ita-aites.org|access-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619151552/http://www.ita-aites.org/cms/564.html|archive-date=19 June 2008}} | {{flagicon|China}} Nanling Mountains, China | {{convert|14294|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1987 | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|14270|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Hydroelectric
| Zaramag Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel{{cite web|url=http://www.lhp.rushydro.ru/company/objectsmap/5730.html|title=Гидроузел на р. Ардон|website=Lhp.rushydro.ru|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=14 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814135012/http://www.lhp.rushydro.ru/company/objectsmap/5730.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zaramag.rushydro.ru/hpp/general/|title=Общие сведения|website=Zaramag.rushydro.ru|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=20 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520063847/http://www.zaramag.rushydro.ru/hpp/general|url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|Russia}} Ardon River, North Ossetia, Russia | {{convert|14226|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | |
Water supply
| {{flagicon|Australia}} New South Wales, Australia | {{convert|14200|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1961 | Part of the 145 km tunnel network of the Snowy Mountains Scheme |
Metro
| Metro Lisbon – Blue (Seagull) Line | {{flagicon|Portugal}} Lisbon, Portugal | {{convert|14000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1959–2007 | |
Metro
| MTR – Island line (West of Heng Fa Chuen) | {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong, China (construction started at the time of {{Flagicon|British Hong Kong}} British Hong Kong) | {{convert|14000|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1985–2014 | |
Road
| {{flagicon|Austria}} Arlberg, Austria | {{convert|13972|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1978 | |
Water supply
| Shanggongshan Tunnel, Zhangjiuhe Water Supply Project |{{flagicon|China}} Yunnan, China | {{convert|13941|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2007 | |
Hydroelectric
| Dayingshan #4 Hydroelectric Power Station Water Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Yunnan, China | {{convert|13932|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 | 8.5 m in diameter (57m2 cross section) |
Railway
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Fukui Prefecture, Japan | {{convert|13870|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1962 | Part of the Hokuriku Main Line |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Fujian, China | {{convert|13838|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 | |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Hubei, China | {{convert|13838|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 | Tube I: 13838 meters, tube II: 13796 meters |
Hydroelectric
| Centrala Hidroelectrică Lotru-Ciunget | {{flagicon|Romania}} Ciungetu, Romania | {{convert|13719|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1972 | 5 m in diameter |
Railway Single Tube
| Fréjus (Mont Cenis) |{{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Italy}} Alps, France/Italy (construction started in the Kingdom of Sardinia) | {{convert|13657|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1871 | Longest transit tunnel until Gotthard Tunnel was opened. |
Road Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|13654|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2012 | Left tube: 13654 meters, right tube: 13570 meters |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Xinjiang, China | {{convert|13610|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2009 | |
Railway
| Marmaray | {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|13600|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2013 | Built next to a fault zone, between two continents |
Railway Single Track
| {{flagicon|Finland}} Helsinki – Kerava, Finland | {{convert|13575|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2008 | |
Metro
| Busan Metro: Line 3 (Suyeong–Deokcheon) | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Busan, South Korea | {{convert|13500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2005 | |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Mount Tanigawa, Japan | {{convert|13500|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1967 |Part of the Jōetsu Line |
Road
| {{flagicon|China}} Sichuan, China | {{convert|13433|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2018 | Erlangshan extra-long tunnel part of Yakang Expressway |
Railway Single Track
| Hex River Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/table?tocId=9438409&idxStructId=105759&typeId= |title= Britannica Online Encyclopedia|website=Encyclopædia Britannica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225190827/http://www.britannica.com/eb/table?tocId=9438409&idxStructId=105759&typeId= |archive-date=25 February 2008}} | {{flagicon|South Africa}} Hex River Pass, South Africa | {{convert|13400|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1989 | |
Railway
| Wonhyo Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://lib.semi.ac.cn:8080/tsh/dzzy/wsqk/spie/vol7292/72923g.pdf |title=Measurement of compressive and tensile strain in the railway structures with FBG sensor packages |website=lib.semi.ac.cn:8080 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302104804/http://lib.semi.ac.cn:8080/tsh/dzzy/wsqk/spie/vol7292/72923g.pdf |archive-date=2 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ita-aites.org/cms/fileadmin/filemounts/general/pdf/ItaAssociation/ProductAndPublication/OpenSession/OS_2006_4SKE-C.pdf |title= |website=ita-aites.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109051907/http://www.ita-aites.org/cms/fileadmin/filemounts/general/pdf/ItaAssociation/ProductAndPublication/OpenSession/OS_2006_4SKE-C.pdf |archive-date=9 January 2009}} |{{flagicon|South Korea}} Ulsan, South Korea | {{convert|13270|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2010 |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Hubei, China | {{convert|13256|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2008 | |
Railway
| Schlern Tunnel{{cite web |url=http://www.bbt-se.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=140&lang=en |title= BBT SE|website=bbt-se.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910043534/http://www.bbt-se.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=140&lang=en |archive-date=10 September 2011}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} South Tyrol, Italy | {{convert|13159|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1993 | |
Railway Single Tube
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Genova – Ventimiglia, Italy | {{convert|13135|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2001 | Includes an underground station ("San Remo") |
Road Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|China}} Shanxi, China | {{convert|13122|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2013 | Left tube: 13122 meters, right tube: 13098 meters |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona, Spain | {{convert|13100|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1985–1997 | |
Railway
|{{flagicon|Japan}} Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan | {{convert|13030|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 1975 |Part of the San'yō Shinkansen |
| colspan="5" |Many more tunnels exist that are shorter than {{convert|13000|m|mi|0}} |
World's longest tunnels (under construction)
World's longest tunnels (advanced planning stage)
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Type
! Name ! Location ! Length ! Year ! Comment |
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Water supply
| Tibet Xinjiang Tunnel | {{flagicon|China}} Tibet/Xinjiang, China | {{convert|1000000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | ??? | China preparing world's longest tunnel to divert Tibet river to desert{{Cite web|date=2017-10-31|title=China preparing world's longest tunnel to divert Tibet river to desert|url=https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/china-preparing-worlds-longest-tunnel-divert-tibet/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Global Construction Review|language=en-GB|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118105654/https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/china-preparing-worlds-longest-tunnel-divert-tibet/|url-status=live}} |
Railway
| {{flagicon|China}} Bohai Strait, China | {{convert|123000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | ??? | Tunnel between Dalian on the Liaodong Peninsula and Yantai on the Shandong Peninsula. |
Railway
| Talsinki | {{flagicon|Finland}} {{flagicon|Estonia}} Helsinki/Tallinn, Finland/Estonia | {{Convert|100000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | After 2030 | Awaiting financing |
Water supply
| Qinling Tunnel, Han River Diversion to Wei River{{cn|date=January 2023}} | {{flagicon|China}} Shaanxi, China | {{convert|98300|m|mi|1|abbr=on}}{{cn|date=January 2023}} | ??? | |
Railway
| Serra do Mar Tunnel{{cite web | url=https://viatrolebus.com.br/2013/12/trem-que-vai-ligar-sao-paulo-a-santos-correra-por-nova-ferrovia/ | title=Túnel de 30 km deve abrigar trem que vai ligar São Paulo a Santos | date=9 December 2013 | access-date=25 July 2023 | archive-date=25 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725022622/https://viatrolebus.com.br/2013/12/trem-que-vai-ligar-sao-paulo-a-santos-correra-por-nova-ferrovia/ | url-status=live }} | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil, between São Paulo and Santos | {{convert|30000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | ??? | |
Road
| {{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} Faroe Islands, linking Suðuroy island to Sandoy island | {{convert|26000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | After 2030 | Feasibility study |
Railway Twin Tube
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Prague/Beroun, Czech Republic | After 2035 | Project is on hold |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} İzmir, Turkey | {{convert|22300|m|mi|3|abbr=on}} | 2020s | |
Metro
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul, Turkey | {{convert|21900|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | 2020s | |
Railway and electricity
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Grimsel Pass, Switzerland | {{convert|21720|m|mi|1|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.grimseltunnel.ch/projekt/|title=Grimseltunnel - Projekt|website=grimseltunnel.ch|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017070043/https://www.grimseltunnel.ch/projekt/|url-status=live}} | 2025/2026 | Feasibility study |
Railway Twin tube
| {{flagicon|USA}} Pacheco Pass, California, United States | {{convert|21000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | 2031 | To be built as part of the California High-Speed Rail project |
Road Twin tube
| Gohpur – Numaligarh Tunnel | {{flagicon|India}} Assam, India | ??? | Tunnel under the Brahmaputra River |
Road Twin tube
| Kresna Gorge Tunnel{{cite news|title=The design of lot 3 of Struma motorway is completed|url=http://stroitelstvo.info/show.php?storyid=2184583|newspaper=stroitelstvo.info|date=2013-11-18|language=bg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125203754/http://stroitelstvo.info/show.php?storyid=2184583|archive-date=25 November 2013}} | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Kresna, Bulgaria | {{convert|15400|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | Cancelled | Part of Struma motorway, connecting Sofia and Athens. |
Road Twin tube
| Agua Negra Tunnel | {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Chile}} Agua Negra Pass, Argentina/Chile | {{Convert|14000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | ??? | Awaiting ratification by Chile{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} |
World's longest tunnels (abandoned)
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Type
! Name ! Location ! Length ! Year ! Comment |
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Water supply
| {{convert|94000|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} | 129– |
World's longest tunnels (proposed)
See also
{{commons|Tunnel}}
- List of long tunnels by type – contains separate tables for railroad, subway, vehicular, bicycle, water/aqueducts, and also for different building techniques
- List of deepest caves
- List of deepest mines
- Lists of tunnels
- List of longest railway tunnels
- List of long railway tunnels in China
- List of longest subway tunnel sections
- List of longest bridges
Notes
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References
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