rail tunnel
Train's mountain shortcut
A rail tunnel is a tunnel built to carry railway tracks, allowing trains to pass through mountains, under rivers, or beneath cities.
The term distinguishes these from road tunnels or pedestrian passages: The new rail tunnel cut travel time between the two cities by an hour.
Major examples include the Channel Tunnel connecting England and France.
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- boreTiresome individual or drill
- excavationAct of unearthing
- trackPath or monitored route
darkness · ventilation · locomotive · steam engine · passage · mountain · echo · concrete · engineering · safety inspection · emergency exit · portal · descent · damp · rumble · train whistle · headlights · commuter
- transitbus, subway, train, metro, buses
- tunnelsportal, bore, TBM, Chunnel, underground passages
- underground passagesadit, drift, subway, mine shaft, shaft
- tunnelingTBM, cut-and-cover, grouting, excavation, boring machine
- railshandrail, guardrail, monorail, banister, balustrade
- Melbourne transittrain, tram, bus, train station, tram stop
rail tunnelrailway viaduct
Elevated bridge for tracks
rail bridge · elevated railway · railway overpass · elevated track · trestle
rail, tunnel, rails, railed, railing, railings, railway, railways, railroad