Kirigatake Tunnel

Kirigatake Railway Tunnel

Kirigatake tunnel on Hokuhoku Line
Overview
Line	Hokuhoku Line
Location	between Hokuhoku-Ōshima Station and Mushigawa-Ōsugi Station, Jōetsu, Niigata
Coordinates	37°9′3.9738″N 138°28′39.4818″E / 37.151103833°N 138.477633833°E / 37.151103833; 138.477633833
Status	active
Operation
Opened	1997
Operator	Hokuetsu Express
Traffic	Railway
Character	Passenger and Freight
Technical
Line length	3,727 m (12,228 ft)
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Kirigatake Tunnel (霧ヶ岳トンネル, Kirigatake tonneru) is a tunnel on Hokuhoku Line that runs through Yakushi mountains from Hokuhoku-Ōshima Station, Joetsu city to Uragawaraku Mushigawa town, Joetsu city, Niigata prefecture with total length of 3.727 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
• Tunnels in Hokuhoku line.

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