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    The Simplon Tunnel (Simplontunnel, Traforo del Sempione or Galleria del Sempione) is a railway tunnel on the Simplon railway that connects Brig, Switzerland...
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    The Simplon Pass (French: Col du Simplon; German: Simplonpass; Italian: Passo del Sempione; Lombard: Pass del Sempion; 2,006 m or 6,581 ft) is a high mountain...
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    d'Italie became part of the Compagnie du Simplon (Simplon Company, S). The Compagnie du Simplon, Ligne du Simplon or Simplon for short, merged into the Western...
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    the Simplon Tunnel (19.8 km or 12.3 mi, 1905). It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel. AlpTransit...
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    The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities. It is currently owned by Belmond...
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    The Simplon Railway is a line that links Lausanne in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy, via Brig. The 20 km (12 mi)-long Simplon Tunnel (opened in 1906)...
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    Bernard Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Grand Saint-Bernard, Italian: Traforo del Gran San Bernardo, German: Grosser-Sankt-Bernhard-Tunnel) is a road tunnel complementing...
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  • The Jura–Simplon Railways (JS), (French: Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Jura–Simplon) was a railway company that was formed in 1890. It was nationalised...
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    This list of longest tunnels ranks tunnels that are at least 13 km (8.1 mi) long. Only continuous tunnels are included. Pipelines, even those that are...
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    Western Switzerland–Simplon Railways (Chemins de fer de la Suisse Occidentale et du Simplon, shortened to Suisse-Occidentale–Simplon; SOS or SO-S) from...
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    fourth Alpine tunnel opened, the Simplon Tunnel, between Switzerland and Italy. It is 19.8 km (12.3 mi) long, and was the longest tunnel in the world until...
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    Valais (redirect from Canton du Valais)
    there runs the A9 motorway and the Simplon Railway, ultimately leading to Italy via the Simplon Pass and Simplon Tunnel respectively. On the south side of...
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    name from the Rue du Simplon, named after the Simplon Pass in the Lepontine Alps, location of one of the longest railroad tunnels in the world. In 2018...
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    The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a 34.57 km (21.48 mi) railway base tunnel on the BLS AG's Lötschberg line cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland...
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  • railway tunnels of the world, excluding subway tunnel sections. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tunnel. List of long railway tunnels in China...
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  • Bernard Tunnel Simplon Tunnel Col de Tende Road Tunnel Col de Tende Rail Tunnel [it] Seikan Tunnel, 53.9 km (33.5 mi) Kaunas Railway Tunnel Paneriai...
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    century. In 1810 Valais was part of the French Empire and the "Département du Simplon". The Maffiola family, originally from Italy, worked as sub-concessionaires...
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    Milan or even Venice via the Simplon Tunnel. Between Basel and Milan via Berne and the Lötschberg Base and Simplon Tunnels, and between Zurich and Milan...
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    9 over the Simplon Pass. SBB offers car loading (Autoverlad) to Italy, via the Simplon tunnel and Iselle di Trasquera. By SBB line (Simplon line),...
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     9. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7. "Mappo-Morettina Tunnel". structurae.net. Retrieved 2014-07-17. "Tunnel du Mont d'Or". structurae.net. Retrieved 2014-07-16...
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    "Compagnie du Jura-Simplon". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French). «... par les Chemins de fer fédéraux (CFF), la compagnie du Jura-Simplon ayant...
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    Oberland to Upper Valais, through the Lötschberg Tunnel in the middle of the line. Together with the Simplon Tunnel south of Brig, it constitutes one of the major...
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    with the Western Switzerland–Simplon Railways (Suisse-Occidentale–Simplon, SOS) to form the Jura–Simplon Railway (Jura-Simplon-Bahn), JS) on 1 January 1890...
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    Mont Blanc Tunnel to the west and the upper Po Basin to the southeast. A reduction of utility began after the construction of the Simplon Tunnel, strictly...
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    Sociétés (Paris, 1888); Les Traités de Commerce (Tours, 1879); Le Tunnel du Simplon et les Intérêts Français (Paris, 1879); L'Angleterre, son Gouvernement...
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    2004-07-29. Until the opening of the Simplon Tunnel After the San Bernardino Tunnel Until the opening of the Lærdal Tunnel Rebecca Silverman (September 7,...
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    Switzerland. Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel and is served by two standard gauge lines. Another two metre gauge lines...
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    Western Switzerland–Simplon Company (Compagnie de la Suisse Occidentale et du Simplon, SOS) on 1 January 1890 to form the Jura–Simplon Railway (Compagnie...
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    speed travel through the passes and tunnels supplemented passes at the Col de Tenda, the Mont Cenis, the Simplon and the St Gotthard. Alps List of highest...
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  • trans-alpine routes—the Gotthard Railway and the Lötschberg approach to the Simplon Tunnel—are being rebuilt under the NRLA project. In 1833 the Grand Duchy of...
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