Łupkowie Tunnel
| Łupków Tunnel | |
|---|---|
Portal of the Łupków Tunnel | |
Interactive map of Łupków Tunnel | |
| Overview | |
| Other names | Łupkowski Tunnel; Lupkower Tunnel (German) |
| Line | Michaľany–Łupków railway / Łupków–Przemyśl railway |
| Location | Łupków Pass, on the border of Poland and Slovakia |
| Status | Active |
| Crosses | Łupków Pass, between the Bieszczady Mountains and the Low Beskids |
| Start | Stary Łupków side |
| End | Palota side |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 30 May 1874 |
| Owner | PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe / Železnice Slovenskej republiky |
| Operator | PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe / Železnice Slovenskej republiky |
| Traffic | Railway |
| Character | Cross-border single-track railway tunnel |
| Technical | |
| Length | 416 m (1,365 ft) |
The Łupków Tunnel (Polish: Tunel łupkowski; Slovak: Lupkovský tunel) is a railway tunnel beneath the Łupków Pass on the border between Poland and Slovakia. It links Stary Łupków on the Polish side with Palota on the Slovak side and forms part of the historic railway route connecting Galicia with the former Kingdom of Hungary.
At 416 m (1,365 ft) in length, it is one of the best-known international railway tunnels in the Carpathians. Atlas Kolejowy notes that 234 m (768 ft) of the tunnel lies in Slovakia, leaving about 182 m (597 ft) on the Polish side.