Austria And Italy Finish Digging World’s Longest Rail Tunnel–Ready To Reshape Travel Maps

Austria And Italy Finish Digging World’s Longest Rail Tunnel–Ready To Reshape Travel Maps

Austria And Italy Finish Digging World’s Longest Rail Tunnel–Ready To Reshape Travel Maps A diagram of the Brenner Base Tunnel – credit BBT SE CC 4.0. BY SA In mid-September, a boring machine defeated the last meter of rock 4,500 feet under the Brenner Pass in the Alps to connect the world’s longest tunnel dug for railroad track. Envisioned as an important connecting vein that will one day see trains running from Helsinki, Finland, to Palermo, Sicily, it will slash commuter times across Europe. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker were present when the tunnel was completed, which is hoped to shift large amounts of freight onto rails and off the roads in Italy’s crowded north. The Brenner Pass Tunnel is one of a series of EU railroad projects that the bloc hopes will reshape travel and freight maps by seriously incentivizing rail travel between Italy and the surrounding countries. The Benner Tunnel will run from Austria’s town of Tulfes through Inns…