The new 27km Semmering base rail tunnel to be built between Vienna and Graz is expected to reduce the number of heavy goods vehicles on the parallel road by 175,000 annually. Built between 1848 and 1854, the original Semmering line was the first railway to cross the Alps. It is listed as a historic
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