European Commission

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Breakthrough for the Brenner Base Tunnel!

64 km of track under the Alps โ€” the worldโ€™s longest cross-border rail tunnel is one stop closer:

๐ŸŒ Designed to reduce slope, boost speed and move 50 million tonnes of goods yearly

๐Ÿš„ Passenger journeys cut by half: Munichโ€“Verona 2.5h, Milan 3.5h, Rome 5.5h

With โ‚ฌ2.3bn EU funding to date, it will ease congestion from Munich to Verona and connect Europe from Helsinki to Valletta.

Our future is on track ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://link.europa.eu/Fv7vMD

Sep 18, 2025 at 1:41pmWeb
Show threadJesuis  JedniฤkaSep 18, 2025
@EUCommission are you playing minecraft?
Show threadmxkSep 18, 2025
@EUCommission sadly on the same time Germany is planing to violate all its agreements and not build the dedicated tracks to form a fast connection between Munich and the Austrian border.
Show threadVeza85UESep 18, 2025
@mxk @EUCommission time to bring back an ol' reliable:
Show threadNewbyteSep 18, 2025
@mxk @EUCommission How much will that affect journey times?
Show threadmxkSep 18, 2025
@newbyte @EUCommission I think it would be more about capacity in the end.
We don't know how fast the new connection would be, since Germany hasn't even decided on an exact route due to Nimbys yet.
And now it's delayed for unknown duration due to budget cuts
Show threadNewbyteSep 18, 2025
@mxk @EUCommission Someone should say that we need it for NATO or something like that. Maybe that'd work.
Show threadcollagenatorSep 18, 2025
@EUCommission
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Show threadVeza85UESep 18, 2025

@EUCommission It's been an eventful 24 hours for ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ alpine infrastructure works. Viviana is off drilling the Lyon-Turin base tunnel as of yesterday.

https://www.telt.eu/it/parte-viaggio-viviana/

Show threadHans-Christoph SteinerSep 18, 2025
@EUCommission This should also hopefully reduce car and truck traffic through the Brenner Pass. Currently there is a terrible, noisy highway through an otherwise very peaceful and natural valley.
Show threadCycling on RailsSep 18, 2025

@EUCommission "The current railway follows a route [...] with steep slopes of up to 26% incline."

Sure ๐Ÿ˜…

Show threadEnema CowboySep 18, 2025
@EUCommission The ventilation system must be a sight to behold.