Beskidzka tunnel
The Beskidy Tunnel is a railway tunnel of the Lviv Railways under the Volovets Pass in the Carpathian Mountains. It is the second longest tunnel in Ukraine. It is a part of the fifth pan-European transit corridor (Italy-Slovenia-Hungary-Slovakia-Ukraine). The first Beskidy Tunnel, built in 1886, was 1,750 m (5,740 ft) long and on an alignment between train stations at Beskid and Skotarske. In time, the capacity of the tunnel no longer met increasing demand, thus it was decided to make a new bore parallel to the existing tunnel. Discussions began in 1998 and construction started in 2014. The new tunnel has a length of 1,822 meters and is covered by up to 180 meters of rock. The internal dimensions of 8.5 meters height and 10.5 meters width allows for a double track railway to be accommodated. The maximum speed was increased from 40 km/h to 70 km/h. As a result, the tunnel can now handle daily traffic of 50 to 100 trains. The two tubes are connected by three lugs, while the old tunnel is being used as a rescue route for the new one. During late May 2018, the tunnel was inaugurated in a ceremony.
railway tunnel in the Carpathians, Ukraine
railway tunnel