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...
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as the Channel Tunnel or the Seikan Tunnel) being electrified rail tunnels. Various methods are used to construct underwater tunnels, including an immersed...
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materials science. Existing major tunnels, such as the Channel Tunnel, Seikan Tunnel and the Gotthard Base Tunnel, despite using less expensive technology...
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The Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line (青函トンネル竜飛斜坑線, Seikan Tonneru Tappi Shakō-sen, "Seikan Tunnel Tappi Inclined Tunnel Line") is a Japanese funicular railway...
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It is the third-longest rail tunnel in the world, behind the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland and the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, but with the longest...
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Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture. The Seikan Tunnel passes under it at its narrowest point 12.1 miles (19.5 km) between...
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two longest undersea tunnels on Earth, the Seikan Tunnel (23.3 km or 14.5 mi) and the Channel Tunnel (37.9 km or 23.5 mi). The tunnel is planned to run more...
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Shinkansen (section Proposed Ou Base Tunnel)
trains (except for Hokkaido Shinkansen while traveling through the Seikan Tunnel), and has the capacity to operate many high-speed trains punctually...
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railway tunnel at 22.2 km (13.8 mi) until the Seikan Tunnel was built. During the construction, a fire created a large amount of smoke in the tunnel, and...
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the longest or the second longest underwater tunnel ahead or behind of the Channel Tunnel, the Seikan Tunnel links Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido...
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the completed 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel links the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. A further tunnel or bridge in the north of Sakhalin...
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Norfolk. Water-crossing tunnels built instead of bridges include the Seikan Tunnel in Japan; the Holland Tunnel and Lincoln Tunnel between New Jersey and...
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Hokkaido Shinkansen (category Seikan Tunnel)
and continues on into the interior of Hokkaido through the undersea Seikan Tunnel. Construction started in May 2005; the initial Shin-Aomori to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto...
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the longest railway tunnel in Japan before being overtaken by in 1988 the opening of the Seikan Tunnel. It is also the longest tunnel section on the entire...
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in 2031. List of tunnels in Japan Seikan Tunnel undersea tunnel between Honshu-Hokkaido islands Kanmon Railway Tunnel undersea tunnel between Honshu-Kyushu...
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island, Honshu, and was extended as the Hokkaido Shinkansen through the Seikan Tunnel to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto (this section opened March 2016) and is expected...
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This list of longest tunnels ranks tunnels that are at least 13 km (8.1 mi) long. Only continuous tunnels are included. Pipelines, even those that are...
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Kaikyō Line (category Seikan Tunnel)
line connected Naka-Oguni Station in Sotogahama, Aomori, through the Seikan Tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido, to Kikonai Station in Kikonai, Hokkaido...
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Tappi-Kaitei Station (category Seikan Tunnel)
Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is located within the Seikan Tunnel below the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait linking the main Japanese island...
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access tunnels to the Seikan Tunnel and Yoshioka-Kaitei Station. This station, along with Tappi-Kaitei Station on the Aomori side of the tunnel, were the...
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Honshu (section Bridges and tunnels)
Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge), the Seikan Tunnel connects Honshu with Hokkaidō, and the Kanmonkyo Bridge and Kanmon Tunnel connects Honshu with Kyūshū. These...
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Tōya Maru (category Seikan Tunnel)
June 5, 2016. Matsuo, S. (1986). "An overview of the Seikan Tunnel Project Under the Ocean". Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 1 (3/4): 323–331...
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the undersea Seikan Tunnel, currently the world's longest undersea tunnel. In 1939, Kuwabara made the same recommendation of tunneling across the strait...
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This list of tunnels in Japan includes any road, rail or waterway tunnel in Japan. List of tunnels by location...
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railway tunnels of the world, excluding subway tunnel sections. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tunnel. List of long railway tunnels in China...
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Proposed British Isles fixed sea link connections (redirect from Tuskar Tunnel)
The tunnel would be 50 miles in length (approximately twice the length of the Channel Tunnel and around 20 miles longer than the Seikan Tunnel) and the...
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Yoshioka-Kaitei Station (category Seikan Tunnel)
(JR Hokkaido). The station was underground and was located within the Seikan Tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait linking the main Japanese island of Honshu...
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were connected to Honshu following the opening of the Seikan Tunnel (the longest railway tunnel in the world until 2016) and the Great Seto Bridge, with...
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to modernize the tunnel. Twelfth longest railway tunnel when opened: Seikan Tunnel (1988) (Japan) 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Daishimizu Tunnel (1982) (Japan) 22...
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completely underground, making it the second-longest railway tunnel in Japan after the Seikan Tunnel. On maps and signboards, the line is shown in magenta....
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