Simplon Pass

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Simplon Pass (Italian: Sempione) is a mountain pass at 2,008 m (6,589 ft) in the Lepontine Alps between Switzerland and Italy. It connects Brig in Valais with Domodossola in Piedmont. The pass itself is, together with the first villages across the border such as Gaby, still in Switzerland.

The Simplon Tunnel is a railroad tunnel that likewise connects Brig with Domodossola, though its relatively straight trajectory does not run under the pass itself. It actually consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 20 years apart. For more than half a century it was considered to be the longest tunnel in the world (see World's longest tunnels). The tunnel was subject to major structural renovation works from 1985 - 2003 following the goal to increase its structure gauge by lowering the trackbed to accommodate rolling highway trains transporting heavy goods vehicles (HGV).


The former Simplon département (the Swiss canton Valais) was named after the pass.

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