Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line

The Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line (青函トンネル竜飛斜坑線, Seikan Tonneru Tappi Shakō-sen, "Seikan Tunnel Tappi Inclined Tunnel Line") is a Japanese funicular railway in Sotogahama, Aomori, operated by the Seikan Tunnel Museum.^[1]

Mogura-gō at Seikan Tunnel Museum Station

The 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line descends from the Seikan Tunnel Memorial Hall, near Cape Tappi, into an underground station on the Seikan Tunnel, which is one of the longest railway tunnels in the world (which opened in March 1988), second to the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland that opened in June 2016.^[2][3]

The railway was originally installed to facilitate fast evacuation from Tappi-Kaitei Station, one of the former JR stations in the tunnel.^[4]

Basic data

• Distance: 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi)
• System: Single-track with single car, balanced with a weight
• Gauge: 3 ft (914 mm)
• Elevation: 778 m (2,552 ft)
• Gradient: 19 degrees

See also

• Kaikyō Line
• List of funicular railways
• List of railway companies in Japan
• List of railway lines in Japan
• Seikan Tunnel

External links

• (in Japanese) Seikan Tunnel Museum official website