Strait of Gibraltar Tunnel

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The Strait of Gibraltar tunnel (Spanish: Túnel del estrecho de Gibraltar, Arabic: نفق جبل طارق) is a proposed rail tunnel spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that would connect Europe and Africa. If built, the tunnel would possibly be the longest railway tunnel in the world, surpassing the Gotthard Base Tunnel and the under-construction Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel, as well as the longest undersea tunnel, surpassing the Seikan Tunnel. The Government of Spain created a Commission to study a fixed transportation link to Africa in 1972, and subsequently a government-owned company, Sociedad Española de Estudios para la Comunicación Fija a través del Estrecho de Gibraltar (SECEGSA) under the Ministry of Transport, to develop it. SECEGSA has operated since 1981. Since the completion of Morocco's first national high-speed rail line from Casablanca to Tangier in 2018, there has been renewed interest in a tunnel that would connect the line to Spain's high-speed network, which uses the same gauge and electrification...

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