rail tunnel
C5444
concept
A rail tunnel is an underground or enclosed passage constructed to allow trains to travel through obstacles such as mountains, hills, or urban areas while maintaining a continuous railway route.
Aliases (8)
- railway tunnel ×4
- rapid transit tunnel ×2
- Alpine tunnel ×1
- commuter rail tunnel ×1
- rail tunnel complex ×1
- railroad tunnel complex ×1
- underground railway infrastructure ×1
- underwater rail tunnel ×1
Instances (16)
- Channel Tunnel
- Center City Commuter Connection
- Fréjus Rail Tunnel ("railway tunnel")
- Severn Tunnel ("railway tunnel")
- Hudson River tunnels ("rail tunnel complex")
- East River tunnels ("railroad tunnel complex")
- Mersey Tunnels ("railway tunnel")
- Market Street subway ("rapid transit tunnel")
- Transbay Tube ("underwater rail tunnel")
- Potomac River tunnel
- Dearborn Street subway ("rapid transit tunnel")
- Robertson Tunnel