page_title: Furka Summit Tunnel
hierarchical_section_title: Furka Summit Tunnel
caption_attribution_description: Muttbach-Belvedere Station (Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway), 2120 m above sea level, FO old Furkatunnel (Switzerland). Today no electrical operation, only steam/diesel.
context_page_description: The Furka Summit Tunnel is a 1,858 metres long railway tunnel in southern Switzerland. It lies at an altitude of 2,160 metres. The summit tunnel was completed in 1925, and first opened on 3 July 1926. It links the Furka railway station, in Uri, with the Muttbach-Belvédère halting point, in Valais.
  Until 1982, when the summit tunnel was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel, the railway line passing through the summit tunnel was part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn. However, that line, which, along with the summit tunnel, was closed in 1981 and reopened in 2000, is now part of the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway, a heritage railway operating in summer only.
context_section_description: The Furka Summit Tunnel (German: Furka-Scheiteltunnel) is a 1,858 metres (6,096 ft) long railway tunnel in southern Switzerland. It lies at an altitude of 2,160 metres (7,090 ft).  The summit tunnel was completed in 1925, and first opened on 3 July 1926.  It links the Furka railway station, in Uri, with the Muttbach-Belvédère halting point, in Valais.
  Until 1982, when the summit tunnel was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel, the railway line passing through the summit tunnel was part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).  However, that line, which, along with the summit tunnel, was closed in 1981 and reopened in 2000, is now part of the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway, a heritage railway operating in summer only.
caption: FO train at Muttbach-Belvédère portal, 1981.
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