Gorigamine Railway Tunnel
Hokuriku Shinkansen line
Overview
LineHokuriku Shinkansen
Locationbetween Ueda, Nagano and Shinonoi Station
Coordinates36°30′41.8932″N 138°9′5.7528″E / 36.511637000°N 138.151598000°E / 36.511637000; 138.151598000
Statusactive
Operation
Opened1997
OperatorEast Japan Railway Company
TrafficRailway
CharacterPassenger and Freight
Technical
Line length15,175 m (49,787 ft)
No. of tracks2

Gorigamine Tunnel (五里ヶ峯トンネル, Gorigamine tonneru) is a tunnel on JR's Hokuriku Shinkansen that runs between Ueda city and Chikuma city in Nagano Prefecture with total length of 15.175 km. It was built and completed in 1997. [1][2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. Masuji Ichikawa, Nao Kawai, Kiyosuke Nishimura, Akira Katagiri (1994). “About rapid construction in long tunnels: Hokuriku Shinkansen Gorigamine Tunnel (Tokura construction area)” . Japan Society of Civil Engineers Annual Academic Conference Lecture Summaries Vol. Part 6, Volume 49 : pp.118-119
  2. "List of railway tunnels in Japan". Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. "五里ヶ峯トンネル". jst.go.jp. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  4. "Gorigamine tunnel". Retrieved 19 October 2023.


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