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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.
Seikan undersea tunnel entrance on Honshu side. The first undersea Kanmon Railway Tunnel between Honshu and Kyushu islands built in 1936 - 1942. This list of tunnels in Japan includes any road, rail or waterway tunnel in Japan .
Seikan Tunnel: Japan (Tsugaru Strait) 53.85 km (33.5 mi) 1988 Kaikyo Line (Hokkaidō Shinkansen) Channel Tunnel: France/United Kingdom (English Channel) 50.45 km (31.3 mi), 3 tubes 1994 High Speed 1 (UK) / LGV Nord (France) Yulhyeon Tunnel: South Korea 50.3 km (31.3 mi) [1] 2016 Suseo High Speed Railway: Songshan Lake Tunnel [2] China
Iiyama Tunnel [47] Iiyama, Japan 22,225 m (13.810 mi) 2015 Part of the Hokuriku Shinkansen: Railway Daishimizu Tunnel: Mount Tanigawa, Japan 22,221 m (13.807 mi) 1982 Longest railway tunnel until Seikan Tunnel was opened. Water supply Eucumbene-Tumut Tunnel [43] New South Wales, Australia 22,200 m (13.794 mi) 1959
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The 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line descends from the Seikan Tunnel Memorial Hall, near Cape Tappi, into an underground station on the Seikan Tunnel, which is one of the longest railway tunnels in the world (which opened in March 1988), second to the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland that opened in June 2016. [2] [3]
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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.