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The dual-gauge Kaikyo Line near Kikonai Station in March 2016. In preparation for the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, the Seikan Tunnel (Kaikyō Line) and associated approaches (approximately 82 km or 51 mi in total) [6] were converted to dual gauge, with both the Shinkansen 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge tracks.
The Seikan Tunnel (Japanese: 青函トンネル, Seikan Tonneru or 青函隧道, Seikan Zuidō) is a 53.85 km (33.46 mi) dual-gauge railway tunnel in Japan, with a 23.3 km (14.5 mi) portion under the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait, which separates Aomori Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu from the northern island of Hokkaido.
Sasson Tunnel (札樽トンネル, Sasson tonneru) is a tunnel on JR's Hokkaido Shinkansen located between Otaru city and Sapporo Station in Hokkaido with total length of 26.230 km. It is under construction and was started excavation in 2020 in addition to existing JR railways in Hokkaido.
Shin-Tanna Tunnel (parallel to old Tanna Tunnel) - Tōkaidō Shinkansen: Nihonzaka Tunnel (rail) - Tōkaidō Shinkansen: Otowayama Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen: 5.045 km Yui Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen: 1968: 3.993 km Haneda Tunnel - Tōkaidō Freight Line: 1973: 6.472 km Aioi Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen: 3.988 km Aki Tunnel - Sanyō ...
High Speed 2: New Yan'an Tunnel China 16.000 km (9.942 mi) 2025 Xi'an-Yan'an HSR: New Santomarco Tunnel [85] Italy 15.8 km (9.8 mi) 2026 Paola - Cosenza railway Uchiura Tunnel Japan 15.560 km (9.7 mi) 2031 Hokkaido Shinkansen: Suzhou East Tunnel China 15.565 km (9.672 mi) 2027 Nantong-Ningbo high-speed railway
Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station (奥津軽いまべつ駅, Okutsugaru-Imabetsu-eki) is a railway station on the Hokkaido Shinkansen in the town of Imabetsu in Aomori Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. It is operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and is the last stop in Honshu before the Seikan Tunnel to Hokkaido.
An Illinois Department of Transportation road closure map showed the following roads in the East St. Louis area and Cahokia Heights were closed at 3 p.m. due to flooding: Interstate 255 southbound ...
A continuation of the line opened as the Hokkaido Shinkansen in 2016, which links Shin-Aomori to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto via the Seikan Tunnel. The Tōhoku Shinkansen also has two Mini-Shinkansen branch lines, the Yamagata Shinkansen and Akita Shinkansen. Future plans include ongoing upgrade work to increase operating speeds throughout the line.