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    The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a rail tunnel of 13.7 km (8.5 mi) length in the European Alps, carrying the Turin–Modane railway...
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    The Fréjus Road Tunnel (Italian: Traforo del Fréjus, French: Tunnel du Fréjus) is a tunnel that connects France and Italy. It runs under Col du Fréjus in...
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    construction activity, the location of the tunnel presented challenges that exceeded those of the earlier Fréjus Rail Tunnel; due to both the steepness and height...
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  • The Fréjus Tunnel may refer to one of two tunnels connecting Modane, France with Bardonecchia, Italy: the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, also known as the Mont Cenis...
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    the international rail connection from Turin, Italy to Modane, France. It passes through the Susa Valley and the Fréjus Rail Tunnel. Together with the...
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    rock before breaking down (the tunnel was eventually completed more than 20 years later, and as with the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, by using less ambitious methods)...
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    Susa Valley. It grew out of a small village with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first crossing the Alps. The town hosted the snowboarding events...
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    grandest in antiquity. It was the longest tunnel ever built until the inauguration of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel in 1871. The lake water flowed under Mount...
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    Moscow-Nice. Italy-France: Tenda line, operated by Trenitalia Italy-France: Fréjus Rail Tunnel at 1,338 m (4,390 ft) above sea, currently SNCF TGV trains Milan-Paris...
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  • distance of 175 km between France and Italy by the Mont Cenis Tunnel (aka Fréjus rail tunnel). The service has been operated since 2003 by Autostrada ferroviaria...
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