Tag: Brenner rail tunnel

Daylight fades as our vehicle enters the shaft.  Ahead, a vast tunnel plunges into the mountain, fluorescent wall lights stretching into the haze ahead.  Rumbling conveyor belts overhead bring debris from distant tunnel-boring machines towards the surface. We are visiting the Brenner Base Tunnel, at 64 kilometers (40 miles) the longest railway tunnel in the world.  […]