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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 .
The Kanmon Railway Tunnel (関門鉄道トンネル, kanmon tetsudō tonneru) was the first undersea tunnel in Japan. It goes underneath the Kanmon Straits, connecting the islands of Honshu and Kyushu. [1] It is an important link in the Japanese rail network. Its construction began in 1936, and it was completed in November 1942, during the ...
The Hakkōda Tunnel, with a length of 26.445 kilometers (16.432 mi) is the third longest double-tracked, single-tube terrestrial railway tunnel in the world and the longest terrestrial railway tunnel in Japan, though the Oshima Tunnel in southern Hokkaido is set to surpass it upon its planned completion in 2031. [1]
The Shin-Kanmon Tunnel (新関門トンネル, shin-kanmon tonneru) is a 18.713-kilometre (11.628 mi) long undersea railway tunnel under the Kanmon Straits connecting Shin-Shimonoseki Station and Kokura Station
Kanbara Tunnel (蒲原トンネル, Kanbara tonneru) is a tunnel on Tokaido Shinkansen operated by Central Japan Railway Company located between Shin-Fuji Station and Shizuoka Station with total length of 4.934 km. It was built and completed in 1968.
Aioi Tunnel (相生トンネル, Aioi tonneru) is a railway tunnel on West Japan Railway Company's Sanyo Shinkansen line located between Aioi Station, Hyogo Prefecture and Okayama Station, Kita-ku, Okayama city in Okayama Prefecture with total length of 3,988 m (13,084 ft). It was built and completed in 1975.
It was completed and opened in 1972, and became the longest railway tunnel in Japan and the third longest in the world (after Gotthard Base Tunnel and Wushaoling Tunnel). [1] Up to 2023, the longest railway tunnel in Japan (the second in the world) was Seikan Tunnel with total length of 53.85 km that connects Hokkaido island and Honshu island ...