Tags: Railway Tunnel.

The Kanmon Railway Tunnel Kanmon Roadway Tunnel and Shin-Kanmon Tunnel are undersea tunnels crossing the Kanmon Straits between Shimonoseki Yamaguchi and Kitakyushu Fukuoka in western Japan. When opened in 1942 the railway tunnel provided the first direct link between Honshu and Kyushu two of Japan’s four main islands.

line length (μ)
3461.0, 3604.0, 18713.0
location
Honshu
opening year
1942-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1958-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1975-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operated by
West Japan Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company
railway line using tunnel
Japan National Route 2, San'yō Main Line, Sanyō Shinkansen
latitude
33.9343
longitude
130.917

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