Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line
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 View of the mountain station
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| Route length: | 0.778 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 914 mm ( English 3-foot track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 250 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Seikan tunnel museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 ) is a funicular in Japan . It is located in the Sotogahama municipality in Aomori prefecture and connects Cape Tappi with the Seikan tunnel , the second longest railway tunnel in the world.
description
At a height of around 50 meters above sea level, the mountain station is integrated into a Michi no eki rest area. There is a museum in this which deals with the construction of the Seikan tunnel. As part of a guided tour, visitors to the museum can take the funicular down to the “Adventure Gallery”, which is located about 135 meters below sea level next to the tunnel and which houses another part of the exhibition. Until 2013, there was access to the Tappi-Kaitei underground station , which has now been closed , and which made it possible to change trains from and to the Kaikyō line . The station is now used as an emergency exit, via which passengers of the Hokkaidō Shinkansen high-speed train can be evacuated in emergencies.
The 778 m long, single-track funicular is open to the public from mid-April to early November. It runs every 25 minutes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a journey taking seven to eight minutes. Made by Hitachi , the car seats 42 people. During the winter season, the funicular is used to transport workers and construction equipment during maintenance work in the Seikan tunnel. For this purpose, a short track branches off in front of the lower station, using a work car that is about half the size.
history
The funicular was built in 1983 to facilitate the transport of workers and materials to the Seikan tunnel construction site. After the tunnel museum opened on March 11, 1988, the tunnel was commissioned two days later. From July 9, 1988, the funicular was also opened to the public. The service area next to the mountain station has been in operation since April 1999. The Tappi-Kaitei station was last served according to schedule on November 11, 2013. Since then it is no longer possible to switch between the funicular and the railroad; the rooms next to the tunnel can still be visited.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 青 函 ト ン ネ ル 記念 館. cablecar.jp, accessed December 18, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 青 函 ト ン ネ ル 2015－ 定点 避難 の 課題 と 提案 -. The Huffington Post Japan, April 11, 2015, accessed December 18, 2018 (Japanese).
Coordinates: 41 ° 15 ′ 20.6 ″ N , 140 ° 20 ′ 50.8 ″ E