Karawanks Tunnel

Local nameKarawankentunnel
LocationAlps, Austria

The Karawanks Tunnel is the fourth longest railway tunnel in Austria and the longest in Slovenia with a length of 7,976 metres. The tunnel passes under Rožca Saddle between Rosenbach in southern Austria and Jesenice in northern Slovenia. It was an important part of the Karawanken Railway, which was - together with the Bohinj Railway - built to connect the port of Trieste with Klagenfurt, the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria.Between 1867-1918, Trieste was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karawanks_Tunnel_(railway)

Coordinates 46°29'59.529" N 14°1'19.932" E

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