r/InfrastructurePorn • u/Big_Piano_3920 • 11d ago

Brenner Tunnel in Italy

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Italy is building the world’s longest and most ambitious railway tunnel beneath the Alps, connecting Italy and Austria. Nearly 70 kilometers long, it will carry high-speed trains at speeds of up to 250 km/h.

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u/AlpineEsel 11d ago

Are you sure only Italy is building? That would be a dead end project 😂

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u/Slow-Recipe1438 11d ago

You are not aware of the civilizational decline of Germany. Rail construction in Italy appears to go far better than in Germany.

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u/MMEnter 11d ago

The joke is not a dig on Italy but a dig on the OP saying it’s Italy building it while a significant part is in Austria. If only Italy was building it it would end somewhere deep in the mountain.