List of long tunnels by type
Rail

List of long tunnels by type

Section Title: Rail
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Name	Location	Length in km (mi)	Year Completed	Line

Gotthard Base Tunnel	Switzerland (Alps)	57.1 km (35.5 mi)	2016	Gotthardbahn Luzern/Zürich-Milan

Seikan Tunnel	Japan (Tsugaru Strait)	53.9 (33.5)	1988	Kaikyo Line (Hokkaidō Shinkansen)

Channel Tunnel	France/United Kingdom (English Channel)	50.5 (31.3)	1994	Channel Tunnel

Yulhyeon Tunnel	South Korea (Gyeonggi)	50.3 km (31.3 mi)	2016	Suseo High Speed Railway

Songshan Lake Tunnel	China (Dongguan)	35.391 km (22.0 mi)	2016	Dongguan–Huizhou Intercity Railway

Lötschberg Base Tunnel	Switzerland (Bernese Alps)	34.5 (21.4)	2007	Lötschbergbahn Brig - Thun (- Bern - Basel)

New Guanjiao Tunnel	China (Qinghai)	32.645 km (20.3 mi), 2 tubes	2014	Qinghai–Tibet Railway

Guadarrama Tunnel	Spain (Sierra de Guadarrama)	28.4 km (17.6 mi)	2007	LAV Madrid - Valladolid

West Qinling Tunnel	China (Gansu)	28.236 km (17.5 mi) & 28.236 km (17.5 mi), 2 tubes	2016	Qinghai–Tibet Railway

Taihang Tunnel	China (Shanxi)	27.848 km (17.304 mi) & 27.839 km (17.298 mi), 2 tubes	2007	Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway

Hakkōda Tunnel	Japan (Hakkōda Mountains)	26.5 km (16.5 mi)	2010	Tōhoku Shinkansen

XRL	Hong Kong (New Territories, New Kowloon and Kowloon)	26 km (16 mi)	2018	Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong Section (A further 4 km on the opposite side of the Hong Kong-China border.)

Iwate-Ichinohe Tunnel	Japan (Ōu Mountains)	25.8 (16.0)	2002	Tōhoku Shinkansen

Lainzer/Wienerwaldtunnel	Austria (Vienna)	23.844 km (14.816 mi)	2012	West railway

South Lüliangshan Tunnel [zh]	China (Shanxi)	23.470 km (14.6 mi) & 23.440 km (14.6 mi), 2 tubes	2014	Watang–Rizhao Railway

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The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel.

final_sentence: The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel.