Gorigamine Tunnel
.jpg) Hokuriku Shinkansen line | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Line | Hokuriku Shinkansen |
| Location | between Ueda, Nagano and Shinonoi Station |
| Coordinates | 36°30′41.8932″N 138°9′5.7528″E / 36.511637000°N 138.151598000°E |
| Status | active |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Operator | East Japan Railway Company |
| Traffic | Railway |
| Character | Passenger and Freight |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 15,175 m (49,787 ft) |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
Gorigamine Tunnel (五里ヶ峯トンネル, Gorigamine tonneru) is a tunnel on JR's Hokuriku Shinkansen that runs between Ueda city and Chikuma city in Nagano Prefecture with total length of 15.175 km. It was built and completed in 1997. [1][2][3][4]
See also[edit]
- List of tunnels in Japan
- Seikan Tunnel undersea tunnel between Honshu-Hokkaido islands
- Kanmon Railway Tunnel undersea tunnel between Honshu-Kyushu islands
- Sakhalin–Hokkaido Tunnel
- Bohai Strait tunnel
References[edit]
- ^ Masuji Ichikawa, Nao Kawai, Kiyosuke Nishimura, Akira Katagiri (1994). “About rapid construction in long tunnels: Hokuriku Shinkansen Gorigamine Tunnel (Tokura construction area)” . Japan Society of Civil Engineers Annual Academic Conference Lecture Summaries Vol. Part 6, Volume 49 : pp.118-119
- ^ "List of railway tunnels in Japan". Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "五里ヶ峯トンネル". jst.go.jp. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Gorigamine tunnel". Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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