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Tappi-Kaitei Station (竜飛海底駅, Tappi-Kaitei-eki) was a railway station on the Kaikyo Line in Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is located within the Seikan Tunnel below the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait linking the main Japanese island of Honshu with the northern island of Hokkaido. It was closed to passengers from November 10, 2013, to make way for the construction of the Hokkaido Shinkansen high-speed train line.[1] It is an emergency escape point.
Tappi-Kaitei Station 竜飛海底駅 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sotogahama, Higashitsugaru District, Aomori Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°15′26″N 140°20′52.1″E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kaikyo Line | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 March 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
Tappi-Kaitei Station was served by the Kaikyō Line, but only a few trains actually stopped at this station.
Station layout
Tappi-Kaitei Station had two opposed side platforms serving two underground tracks. However, only the northbound platform was used. The platforms are connected by an underground cable car to the surface. The station housed a museum detailing the construction and operation of the tunnel. Yoshioka-Kaitei Station, Japan's deepest underground station, is located on the Hokkaido side of the tunnel.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Kaikyo Line | for Hakodate |
| 2 | ■ Kaikyo Line | for Aomori and Hachinohe |
History
Tappi-Kaitei Station opened on March 13, 1988.[2] It was closed to passengers from November 10, 2013 due to construction work connected with the Hokkaido Shinkansen,[3] and formally closed as of the end of March 14, 2014.[4]
See also
- List of railway stations in Japan
References
- "World's first undersea station ends operation -NHK WORLD English-". www3.nhk.or.jp. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013.
- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 830. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "JR北海道 竜飛海底駅2013年11月営業終了" [JR Hokkaido Tappi-Kaitei Station to close in November 2013]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 63 (880): 92. October 2013.
- 海峡線の３駅廃止 ＪＲ北海道、新幹線運行に備え [Kaikyō Line 3 stations close in preparation for Shinkansen operation]. SankeiBiz (in Japanese). March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
External links
- JR Hakodate website (in Japanese)
- Seikan Tunnel Museum website (in Japanese)
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На других языках
[de] Bahnhof Tappi-Kaitei
Der Bahnhof Tappi-Kaitei (jap. 竜飛海底駅, Tappi-Kaitei-eki) ist ein ehemaliger Bahnhof in Japan. Er befindet sich an der Kaikyō-Linie, auf dem Gemeindegebiet von Sotogahama in der Präfektur Aomori – genauer im Seikan-Tunnel, dem zweitlängsten Eisenbahntunnel der Welt. Der Bahnhof ist durch eine Standseilbahn mit der Oberfläche verbunden und wurde von 1988 bis 2013 fahrplanmäßig von Zügen bedient; seither wird er weiterhin als Notausstieg genutzt.- [en] Tappi-Kaitei Station
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