Łupkowie Tunnel

Łupków Tunnel
Portal of the Łupków Tunnel
Interactive map of Łupków Tunnel
Overview
Other namesŁupkowski Tunnel; Lupkower Tunnel (German)
LineMichaľany–Łupków railway / Łupków–Przemyśl railway
LocationŁupków Pass, on the border of Poland and Slovakia
StatusActive
CrossesŁupków Pass, between the Bieszczady Mountains and the Low Beskids
StartStary Łupków side
EndPalota side
Operation
Opened30 May 1874
OwnerPKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe / Železnice Slovenskej republiky
OperatorPKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe / Železnice Slovenskej republiky
TrafficRailway
CharacterCross-border single-track railway tunnel
Technical
Length416 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.