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Swiss celebrate digging world's longest tunnel

World Oct. 16, 2010 - 04:22AM JST ( 9 )

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proxyOct. 16, 2010 - 10:04AM JST

Just for the record; IT IS NOT THE WORLD'S LONGEST TUNNEL!!!!!!!!!

Several water tunnels, which are as large (Die Hard: dump trucks) and more impressive feats of engineering are much, longer.
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elbudamexicanoOct. 16, 2010 - 10:13AM JST

I am sure it must be really,really long, even if it not the world's longest as proxy here mentions. Congratulations Swiss folk!
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888naffOct. 16, 2010 - 02:01PM JST

Was it built with japanese tech like the channel tunnel? Its the longest rail tunnel not the longest tunnel.
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gogogoOct. 16, 2010 - 02:14PM JST

The world longest tunnel is the Delaware Aqueduct in New York at 137 kilometers, this is just wrong information.
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Zenny11Oct. 16, 2010 - 02:23PM JST

888naff.

No the longest rail tunnel is different from a road tunnel due to requirements(ventilation, etc).

Also drilling an underground tunnel is different from drilling a tunnel through a mountain range, etc.
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sam1633Oct. 17, 2010 - 03:28AM JST

Congratulations to the Swiss, job well done!!!!!
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TumbleDryOct. 17, 2010 - 02:29PM JST

proxy & gogogo: did you read the article? This is not for water but trains.
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gogogoOct. 17, 2010 - 10:24PM JST

TumbleDry: Yeah you could drive a truck in the New York tunnel it is that big, no difference
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TumbleDryOct. 18, 2010 - 02:14AM JST

gogogo: cool! I'm sure you could also make it the longest wine cellar in the world. Still, not for trains.