Shin-shimizu Tunnel
Shin-shimizu Tunnel (新清水トンネル, Shin-shimizu tonneru) is one way tunnel towards Niigata on JR's Joetsu Line located between Yuzawa town in Niigata Prefecture and Minakami town in Gunma Prefecture in parallel to other one-way Shimizu Tunnel (towards Tokyo) with total length of 13.500 km. It was built and completed in 1967 under Mount Tanigawa that has 3 railway-tunnels: single-tract Shin-shimizu & Shimizu tunnels for Joetsu Line, and double-tracts Daishimizu Tunnel for Joetsu Shinkansen line.[1][2][3][4]
Entrance of Shin-shimizu Tunnel (from Takasaki-Gunma side)
See also
- 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 proposed undersea tunnel between Rusia and Japan
- Bohai Strait tunnel proposed undersea tunnel in Yellow Sea, China
References
- "大清水トンネル". www.kajima.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- "List of railway tunnels in Japan". Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- "新清水トンネル". jsce.or.jp website. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- "Shin-shimizu & Shimitsu tunnels". Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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