Monte Santomarco Tunnel
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Monte Santomarco is a tunnel in the Calabria
region of Italy
. It is 15,040 km long and has been opened in 1987. It has replaced a standard-gauge rack railway
line.
It is a single track with a passing loop in the middle, about 800 metres long. The line is electrified in 3 kV DC.
Calabria
Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
region of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is 15,040 km long and has been opened in 1987. It has replaced a standard-gauge rack railway
Rack railway
A rack-and-pinion railway is a railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail...
line.
It is a single track with a passing loop in the middle, about 800 metres long. The line is electrified in 3 kV DC.