Tappi-Kaitei Station
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 / 41.25722°N 140.347806°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||||||
| Line | Kaikyo Line | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 March 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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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 was 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 now serves as an emergency escape point for the tunnel, and is also accessible to visitors as part of the Seikan Tunnel Museum.[2]
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 to the surface by an underground cable car (funicular), the Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line. The station housed a museum detailing the construction and operation of the tunnel.
The Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line funicular is now an attraction at the Seikan Tunnel Museum which is located at ground level at the top of the cable car line (as opposed to the previous museum which was located in the tunnel at the bottom of the cable car line).[3]
Yoshioka-Kaitei Station, Japan's deepest underground station which also officially closed on March 14, 2014, is located on the Hokkaido side of the tunnel.[4]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Kaikyo Line | for Hakodate |
| 2 | ■ Kaikyo Line | for Aomori and Hachinohe |
History
Tappi-Kaitei Station opened on March 13, 1988.[5] It was closed to passengers from November 10, 2013 due to construction work connected with the Hokkaido Shinkansen,[6] and officially closed on March 14, 2014.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "World's first undersea station ends operation -NHK WORLD English-". www3.nhk.or.jp. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013.
- ^ http://seikan-tunnel-museum.jp/en/about.html
- ^ "体験坑道 | 青函トンネル記念館". www.seikan-tunnel-museum.jp. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ^ a b "海峡線の３駅廃止 ＪＲ北海道、新幹線運行に備え" 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). 2014-03-15. Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ^ 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). 63 (880). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai: 92. October 2013.
External links
- JR Hakodate website (in Japanese)
- Seikan Tunnel Museum website (in Japanese)