Akima Tunnel

Akima Railway Tunnel

Akima Tunnel on the Hokuriku Shinkansen
Overview
Line	Hokuriku Shinkansen
Location	between Takasaki city and Karuizawa
Coordinates	36°23′13.1496″N 138°48′17.2866″E / 36.386986000°N 138.804801833°E / 36.386986000; 138.804801833
Status	active
Operation
Opened	1997
Operator	East Japan Railway Company
Traffic	Railway
Character	Passenger and Freight
Technical
Line length	8,295 m (27,215 ft)
No. of tracks	2

Akima Tunnel (秋間トンネル, Akima tonneru) is a tunnel on JR's Hokuriku Shinkansen located between Takasaki city (Gunma Prefecture) and Karuizawa town in Nagano Prefecture with total length of 8.295 km. It was built and completed in 1997. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

• 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

• Gov. maps.gsi.go.jp
• Yahoo maps of Akima tunnel
• Mapion site
• Akima tunnel from jst.go.jp government website
• 秋間トンネル

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