सीकन सुरंग
undersea railway tunnel in Japan connecting Hokkaido and Honshu
AI overview
The Seikan Tunnel is an underwater railway that connects Japan's northern island of Hokkaido to the main island of Honshu, allowing trains to travel between them without needing a ferry. It was a major engineering achievement that improved transportation and trade between the two regions.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/seikan
- Image
- Seikan Tunnel entrance - dual-gauge track.jpg
- Length
- 53850
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- Commons category
- Seikan Tunnel
- Commons gallery
- Seikan Tunnel
- date of official opening
- 1988-03-13
- speed limit
- 260
- inception
- 1985-03-10
- native label
- 青函トンネル
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Gallery (7)
On the map
3 mapped locations