Name the worlds longest tunnel, that was opened by Switzerland for regular rail services

2016

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Name the world’s longest tunnel, that was opened by Switzerland for regular rail services

A	Channel Tunnel
B	Laerdal Tunnel
C	Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
D	Gotthard Base Tunnel

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT; German: Gotthard-Basistunnel, Italian: Galleria di base del San Gottardo, Romansh: Tunnel da basa dal Sogn Gottard) is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened in June 2016 and full service began the following December.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gotthard Base Tunnel, which runs through the Alps in Switzerland, is the world’s longest railway tunnel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Opened in 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is the world’s longest railway tunnel at 57 kilometres in length. The New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) along the Gotthard axis was completed when the Ceneri Base Tunnel entered operation in December 2020.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel, the 11.2 km long railway tunnel, passes through the Pir Panjal Range of middle Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a part of its Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail link project, India’s longest railway tunnel and reduced the distance between Quazigund and Banihal.

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