Top 5 Big Tunnels in India (Rail and Road)

India is one of the fastest growing markets for civil infrastructure including bridges, tunnels, flyovers and cloverleaf. Currently most of the rail tunnels in India are located in the Western Ghat and Indian Railways are constructing some of the India’s longest Road and Rail Tunnel across the country.

Pir Panjal Tunnel – 11.2 km(Longest Railway Tunnels of India)

The 11.2 km long Banihal railway tunnel is India’s longest railway tunnel and and Asia’s 2nd longest railway tunnel.

Syama Tunnel (Chenani Nashri Tunnel) – 9.2 km

The 9.2 km long road tunnel is a major road tunnel project in Northern India and biggest of the country

Atal Tunnel (Rohtang Tunnel) – 8.8 km

Rohtang Tunnel under the Rohtang Pass in the Leh-Manali Highway is the 8.8 km long road tunnel and will be the second longest tunnel road in India and World’s highest Road Tunnel.

Karbude Tunnel

Karbude Tunnel is the longest rail tunnel in India located on the Konkan Railway route near Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. The Karbude tunnel is 6.5 km long and one of the India’s biggest engineering marvels.

Ratnagiri region is full of lush greenery and more, it is well famous for for different varieties of Mangoes. Konkan Railway runs from Mangalore in Karnataka to Mumbai in Maharashtra through Goa, along the west coast of India and Western Ghats.

Ghat Ki Guni Tunnel

Ghat Ki Guni’ Tunnel in Jaipur, on on Jaipur Agara Highway is a 2.8 km long, that offers an alternative route to connect the Rajasthan capital with Agra in Uttar Pradesh.

Bhatan Tunnel on Mumbai-Pune Expressway is 1KM long road tunnel with all the possible new technology. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is the first six-lane concrete, high-speed, access controlled tolled expressway.

There are so many other road and railway tunnels in India,such as Khowai in Tripura and Sangar tunnel and latest India’s longest railway tunnel named as Pir Panjal tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir.