
Brenner Base Tunnel
The Brenner Base Tunnel is a 55-kilometre-long railway tunnel under construction through the base of the Eastern Alps beneath the Brenner Pass. Once completed, the Brenner Base Tunnel will... Wikipedia
- Location: Brenner Pass
- Status: Under construction
- System: Brenner railway
- Start: Innsbruck, Austria
- End: Franzensfeste, Italy
- Work begun: 2008
- Constructed: 2007–present
- Opened: 2032 (scheduled)
- Traffic: Freight trains and passenger trains
- Character: Twin tube, Passenger and freight, Third exploratory tunnel
- Length: 64 km (39.77 mi)
- No. of tracks: Double track
- Electrified: Electrified, 25 kV 50 Hz AC
- Operating speed: Passenger, 250 km/h (155.34 mph), Freight, 120 km/h (74.56 mph)
- Highest elevation: 840 m (2,755.91 ft)
- Tunnel clearance: 8.1 m (26.57 ft)
- Grade: Austria 7.4/1000, Italy 5/1000
- Data source: DuckDuckGo