The Simplon Tunnel opens - archive, February 1905
(The Guardian Italy)

At the turn of the last century, the world´s then-longest railway tunnel connected Switzerland and Italy below the Alps. Sixty years later, as the Mont Blanc road tunnel opened, hope sprang for another under the Channel25 February 1905 Related: World`s longest rail tunnel to open in Switzerland under Alps Related: No longer an island: when the Channel Tunnel opened - May 1994 Continue reading...