transalpine railway

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concept

A transalpine railway is a rail line that crosses or traverses the Alps, typically using tunnels, viaducts, and mountain passes to connect regions on either side of the mountain range.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
railway in Switzerland 2
trans-Alpine rail route 2
trans-Alpine railway 1

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
Lyon–Turin rail axis
Brenner Railway trans-Alpine railway
Basel–Bern railway line railway in Switzerland
Simplon railway line trans-Alpine rail route
Cuneo–Ventimiglia railway
Lake Zürich left-bank railway line railway in Switzerland
Arlberg railway line trans-Alpine rail route